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Medal of Honor Recipient

Peter Martin Boehm

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000599Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

March 31, 1865

Dinwiddie Courthouse, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Second Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company K, 15th New York Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
While acting as aide to General Custer, took a flag from the hands of color bearer, rode in front of a line that was being driven back and, under a heavy fire, rallied the men, re-formed the line, and repulsed the charge.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

While acting as aide to Gen. Custer, took a gun from the hands of color bearer, rode in front of a line that was being driven back and, under a heavy fire, rallied the men, re-formed the line, and repulsed the charge.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Peter Martin Boehm — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Peter Martin Boehm — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-26

    official unit, action metadata, and citation wording “flag”

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000605
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Major
Entered service at
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
0d06329be9ce8b611a6ba335c4e8a7a1146dd314555772161098ed7416d606bc

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

The current reference profile expands the middle name and replaces the inherited South Dinwiddie Street geocoder result with Dinwiddie Courthouse. Its rendered citation says “took a gun from the hands of color bearer”; the official Army index and inherited citation say “flag.” Canonical legacy citation remains unchanged with “flag,” and the Society wording is preserved separately.

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