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Medal of Honor Recipient

Peter McAdams

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000936Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 3, 1863

Salem Heights, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 98th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

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Went 250 yards in front of his regiment toward the position of the enemy and under fire brought within the lines a wounded and unconscious comrade.
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Went 250 yards in front of his regiment toward the position of the enemy and, under fire, brought within the lines a wounded and unconscious comrade.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Peter McAdams — 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-000942
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Second Lieutenant
Entered service at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
08da6c872ec2489231e0d7f7c78c4cbd00b748a0badf343b5ebbe58535d99cb6

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

The current reference profile corrects surname capitalization, supplies Second Lieutenant as the highest later rank, identifies Salem Heights rather than the inherited geocoder road, and adds a comma before “under fire.” Both citation renderings remain preserved.

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