Medal of Honor Recipient

Leopold Karpeles

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000872Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Rank at action: Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: U.S. Civil War
Unit or command: Company E, 57th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

While color bearer, rallied the retreating troops and induced them to check the enemy's advance.

Sources & record notes

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

Award ID: MOH-AW-000878
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank: Color Sergeant
Entered service at: Springfield, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256: 0a45b3f3ad13af2c9d3b51b3a9b44e2c9c3d5b5cbccfdb9f845165280f512d74

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

The current profile confirms Sergeant at action, later Color Sergeant, and the historical Wilderness Campaign place.