Medal of Honor
October 21, 1876–January 8, 1877
Cedar Creek, etc., Montana, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantry in action.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Joseph A Cable — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003098
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Wisconsin
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c08ca9ce106d13fd7ab610eee0bf46e902a9e27cb06616557aaa230000254287
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile renders the middle initial without punctuation and separately records Corporal as the highest rank; Private remains the rank at the Medal of Honor action. The punctuated legacy form remains preserved as an alias.