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Medal of Honor Recipient

Peter F. Rafferty

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001037Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

July 1, 1862

Malvern Hill, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 69th New York Infantry

The Citation

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Having been wounded and directed to the rear, declined to go, but continued in action, receiving several additional wounds, which resulted in his capture by the enemy and his total disability for military service.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Peter F. Rafferty — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001043
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Captain
Entered service at
New York, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
de20828f383a6ffa6559e317e2cac9a22cdcf63488e8a9f0296fe4d9300dad49

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

The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; name expanded or reconciled; highest later rank retained as Captain; current profile recovered through controlled archival reference search outside the inherited candidate set; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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