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Medal of Honor Recipient

Michael Emmet Urell

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001640Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

October 14, 1863

Bristoe Station, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 82d New York Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Gallantry in action while detailed as color bearer; was severely wounded.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Michael Emmet Urell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001648
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Major
Archive transcription SHA-256
1602d84198cde85282b20735dd4f64c1a3cff580f1ee6374ddb1f341ad454a5d

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

The inherited candidate set used abbreviated and stale profile paths. Controlled archival reference search recovered the current profile for Michael Emmet Urell; all inherited candidates remain preserved.