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Medal of Honor Recipient

Orson W Bennett

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000586Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

November 30, 1864

Honey Hill, South Carolina, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 102d U.S. Colored Infantry

The Citation

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After several unsuccessful efforts to recover 3 pieces of abandoned artillery, this officer gallantly led a small force fully 100 yards in advance of the Union lines and brought in the guns, preventing their capture.
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After several unsuccessful efforts to recover three pieces of abandoned artillery, this officer gallantly led a small force fully 100 yards in advance of the Union lines and brought in the guns, preventing their capture.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Orson W Bennett — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000592
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Major
Entered service at
Michigan
Archive transcription SHA-256
3b7a998ee0c9074d00875a9ff1e2be090cad9df61881c2e106a3eb0c2a4bb183

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

The current reference profile preserves First Lieutenant as the action rank and Major as the later/highest rank.

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