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Medal of Honor Recipient

Loron F. Packard

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000993Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

November 27, 1863

Raccoon Ford, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 5th New York Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
After his command had retreated, this soldier, voluntarily and alone, returned to the assistance of a comrade and rescued him from the hands of 3 armed Confederates.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

After his command had retreated, this soldier, voluntarily and alone, returned to the assistance of a comrade and rescued him from the hands of three armed Confederates

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Loron F. Packard — 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-000999
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Cuba, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
ba575a8aac22af35513b5d69d85ca0fea0ab322280869cab4c7b2d04f8536664

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, adds the action rank, normalizes the historical place, and renders the inherited numeral 3 as the word three. The source-rendered citation lacks terminal punctuation; that rendering is preserved separately from the legacy text.

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