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Medal of Honor Recipient

Patrick Irwin

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000860Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

September 1, 1864

Jonesboro, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company H, 14th Michigan Infantry

The Citation

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In a charge by the 14th Michigan Infantry against the entrenched enemy was the first man over the line of works of the enemy, and demanded and received the surrender of Confederate Gen. Daviel Govan and his command.
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In a charge by the 14th Michigan Infantry against the entrenched enemy, Irwin was the first man over the line of works of the enemy, and demanded and received the surrender of Confederate Gen. Daviel Govan and his command.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Patrick Irwin — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000866
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
First Lieutenant
Entered service at
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Archive transcription SHA-256
af6ba71092570d41991ca08f957795e27c83f53e304017a6c34bc7be4d5f444f

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

The current Society and Army citation renderings both use “Daviel Govan.” That official wording is preserved without silently substituting a different historical spelling.

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