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Medal of Honor Recipient

Patrick Scanlan

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001074Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 24, 1864

Ashepoo River, South Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Volunteered as a member of a boat crew which went to the rescue of a large number of Union soldiers on board the stranded steamer Boston, and with great gallantry assisted in conveying them to shore, being exposed during the entire time to a heavy fire from a Confederate battery.
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Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Volunteered as a member of a boat crew which went to the rescue of a large number of Union soldiers on board the stranded steamer Boston, and with great gallantry assisted in conveying them to shore, being exposed the entire time to a heavy fire from a Confederate battery.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Patrick Scanlan — 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-001080
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Entered service at
Spencer, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
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Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited row labels Patrick Scanlan as Pilot. The current reference profile identifies him as a Private at the action and Sergeant as his highest rank, with the same unit, date, place, and citation; Scanlon is retained as a documented alternate name. The inherited rank remains preserved in the evidence snapshot.

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