Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph Keele

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000873Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Rank at action: Sergeant Major
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: U.S. Civil War
Unit or command: 182d New York Infantry

The Citation

Voluntarily and at the risk of his life carried orders to the brigade commander, which resulted in saving the works his regiment was defending.

Sources & record notes

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Joseph Keele — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-000879
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank: Captain
Entered service at: Staten Island, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256: 8cb5d8dcf8a46ed23186cb57da1f7ed33db51b706b7f0d3fe83d86f99882f04d

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current profile confirms Sergeant Major at action, later Captain, and the North Anna River action place.