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Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph Rollin Prentice

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001030Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

December 31, 1862

Stone River, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 19th U.S. Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily rescued the body of his commanding officer, who had fallen mortally wounded. He brought off the field his mortally wounded leader under direct and constant rifle fire.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Joseph Rollin Prentice — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001036
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Archive transcription SHA-256
17ba23e4bcca5950fd7de8ca459e0e9ef3dec6f6582764b3081042a52a534009

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

The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; name expanded or reconciled; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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