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Medal of Honor Recipient

Nicholas S Bouquet

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000603Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1861

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Medal of Honor

August 10, 1861

Wilson's Creek, Missouri, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 1st Iowa Infantry

The Citation

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Voluntarily left the line of battle, and, exposing himself to imminent danger from a heavy fire of the enemy, assisted in capturing a riderless horse at large between the lines and hitching him to a disabled gun, saved the gun from capture.
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Voluntarily left the line of battle, and, exposing himself to imminent danger from a heavy fire from the enemy, Bouquet assisted in capturing a riderless horse at large between the lines and hitching him to a disabled gun, saved the gun from capture.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Nicholas S Bouquet — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Nicholas S Bouquet — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-26

    official Army surname spelling Boquet, rank, unit, action metadata, and citation

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000609
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Entered service at
Burlington, Iowa
Archive transcription SHA-256
4570eaf2c9518e86b94eead2a915578c406b7c3bf4fa38fabd0afb97d5a1e42f

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

The current reference profile adds the middle initial and uses the surname spelling Bouquet; the official Army index and inherited record use Boquet. The current Society form is used canonically while the legacy and Army forms remain preserved as source-supported variants. Private is the action rank and Sergeant the later/highest rank.

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