Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph Keene

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000875Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Rank at action: Private
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: U.S. Civil War
Unit or command: Company B, 26th New York Infantry

The Citation

Voluntarily seized the colors after several color bearers had been shot down and led the regiment in the charge.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

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

Award ID: MOH-AW-000881
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank: Corporal
Archive transcription SHA-256: d30151acbcf1b0e6c0e70486388289d50901b0ce8767c0ab8903a03817d82c9b

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

The current profile distinguishes Private at action from later Corporal and supplies the historical Fredericksburg place.