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Medal of Honor Recipient

Peter Grace

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000775Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 5, 1864

Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company G, 83d Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Singlehanded, rescued a comrade from 2 Confederate guards, knocking down one and compelling surrender of the other.
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Singlehandedly rescued a comrade from two Confederate guards, knocking down one and compelling the surrender of the other.

Sources & record notes

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

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

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000781
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Captain
Entered service at
Berkshire, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
a86199fb65dad999c6da8c92f2d466c047788f976e67b0bc31bf3a10b3c5edb0

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

Current Society citation uses “Singlehandedly” and spells out “two,” while the inherited text uses “Singlehanded” and the numeral 2. Both complete renderings and hashes remain preserved.

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