Medal of Honor Recipient

Noble Delance Preston

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001572Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Rank at action: First Lieutenant & Commissary
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: Civil War
Unit or command: 10th New York Cavalry

The Citation

Voluntarily led a charge in which he was severely wounded.

Sources & record notes

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Noble Delance Preston — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-001580
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Entered service at: Fulton, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256: f5d98a28f14484aefc114e1aa0902fcd4bd3aae0d31f776fcb580b28a99c922b

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The current reference profile identifies the recipient as Noble Delance Preston; the inherited Noble D. Preston rendering remains preserved.