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Medal of Honor Recipient

Robert Bruce Brown

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000616Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

November 25, 1863

Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 15th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Upon reaching the ridge through concentrated fire, he approached the color bearer of the 9th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.), demanded his surrender with threatening gesture and took him prisoner with his regimental flag.
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Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Upon reaching the ridge through concentrated fire, he approached the color bearer of the 9th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.), demanded his surrender with threatening gesture, and took him prisoner with his regimental flag.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Robert Bruce Brown — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000622
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Entered service at
Zanesville
Archive transcription SHA-256
9d4b196ede3c13640a71787ca72ac2f32bfdff6151ad0a777f32ca5a180641a4

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, replaces the broader Chattanooga geocoder wording with Missionary Ridge, and confirms the action metadata and citation.

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