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Medal of Honor Recipient

Martin E. Scheibner

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001075Source-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

Mine Run, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company G, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily extinguished the burning fuse of a shell which had been thrown into the lines of the regiment by the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Martin E. Scheibner — 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-001081
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Corporal
Entered service at
Berks County, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
ee8f66e2dc921f26ed6071a8bdad1d188a409a9fe818b04a84d1747298762b86

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; highest later rank retained as Corporal; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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