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Medal of Honor Recipient

Patrick Henry Pentzer

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001008Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 9, 1865

Fort Blakely, Alabama, USA

Rank at action
Captain
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 97th Illinois Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Among the first to enter the enemy's entrenchments, he received the surrender of a Confederate general officer and his headquarters flag.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Patrick Henry Pentzer — 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-001014
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Gillespie, Macoupin County, Ill.
Archive transcription SHA-256
71a1e19748dc2000310ca1233ddf5c8f0b28362e1e5221c6093a688704cbd61e

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

The current reference profile confirms the award, expands the middle name, adds the action rank, and corrects the inherited Blakely, Georgia geocoder result to Fort Blakely, Alabama.

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