Medal of Honor
September 2, 1868
Fort Dodge, Kansas, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company A, 3d U.S. Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓While detailed as mail courier from the fort, voluntarily went to the assistance of a party of 4 enlisted men, who were attacked by about 50 Indians at some distance from the fort and remained with them until the party was relieved.
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While detailed as mail courier from the fort, voluntarily went to the assistance of a party of four enlisted men, who were attacked by about 50 Indians at some distance from the fort and remained with them until the party was relieved.
Sources & record notes
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- Leander Taylor Herron — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001285
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 46b81f7f1652bff60d02f4471ca6797b03adc224129a9e944a7eaf3d7b474dd1
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Controlled Society search recovered the current profile and expanded the inherited Leander Herron rendering to Leander Taylor Herron; matching service, unit, date, place, and citation establish one identity.