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Medal of Honor Recipient

Leander A. Wilkins

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001212Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

July 30, 1864

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company H, 9th New Hampshire Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Recaptured the colors of 21st Massachusetts Infantry in a hand-to-hand encounter.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Leander A. Wilkins — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001218
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Archive transcription SHA-256
f8a28c614dd99d823b62eb4186f9c5dc7534e56377a62c28da7b8458ec9a3988

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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