Medal of Honor
May 10, 1864
Laurel Hill, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 4th Michigan Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily returned in the face of the advancing enemy to the assistance of a wounded and helpless comrade, and carried him, at imminent peril, to a place of safety.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Moses Augustine Luce — 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-000919
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Hillsdale, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d6065239cbf4044fe265bce12f82ee4958700987eaea23f1a2d4f59b5e8677d7
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile expands the middle name and supplies the historical action place while preserving the inherited geocoder value.