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Medal of Honor Recipient

Peter Kappesser

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001495Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

November 24, 1863

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 149th New York Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of Confederate flag (Bragg's army).

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Peter Kappesser — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001503
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
Syracuse, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
acd68429020d269c50d55b483771ac7f0a373de9a224e96f6e1e49bdaa3e54d6

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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