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Medal of Honor Recipient

Orlando Phidelio Boss

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000604Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

June 3, 1864

Cold Harbor, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 25th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

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Rescued his lieutenant, who was Iying between the lines mortally wounded; this under a heavy fire of the enemy.
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Rescued his lieutenant, who was lying between the lines mortally wounded; this under a heavy fire from the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Orlando Phidelio Boss — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000610
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Archive transcription SHA-256
f0c2c7ca141c2a78244dd6314fe40d999419fdb0cb8e3d73c5b85142bc97667a

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

The current reference profile adds the middle name Phidelio and corrects the inherited citation transcription “Iying” to “lying.” The complete inherited citation remains unchanged and separately hashed.

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