Medal of Honor Recipient

Marcellus J. Newman

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000978Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Rank at action: Private
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: Civil War
Unit or command: Company B, 111th Illinois Infantry

The Citation

Voluntarily returned, in the face of a severe fire from the enemy, and rescued a wounded comrade who had been left behind as the regiment fell back.

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Marcellus J. Newman — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-000984
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-28
Entered service at: Richview, Washington County, Ill.
Archive transcription SHA-256: ad0a88cafafa9094b39771e5ecd06d973c4de0a14b7d743931d03439841be6ee

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