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Medal of Honor Recipient

Michael A. Sowers

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001115Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

December 1, 1864

Stony Creek Station, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company L, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The Citation

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His horse having been shot from under him he voluntarily and on foot participated in the cavalry charge made upon one of the forts, conducting himself throughout with great personal bravery.
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His horse having been shot from under him, he voluntarily and on foot participated in the cavalry charge made upon one of the forts, conducting himself throughout with great personal bravery.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Michael A. Sowers — 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-001121
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Allegheny County, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
7a6c155f83acc712dbd5cd051b1e37ec7858dbd80279ad34976acc510a8cfc86

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

The inherited Michael Sowers candidates were stale. Controlled archival reference search recovered Michael A Sowers at the current /michael-a-sowers profile, which also records Michael A. Sauers as an alternate name. The expanded name, alias, current place, citation, failed inherited candidates, provenance, and checksums are preserved without creating a second identity.

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