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Medal of Honor Recipient

Robert Fulton Dodd

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000708Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

July 30, 1864

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 27th Michigan Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
While acting as orderly, voluntarily assisted to carry off the wounded from the ground in front of the crater while exposed to a heavy fire.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Robert Fulton Dodd — 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-000714
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Corporal
Entered service at
Hantramck, Mich.
Archive transcription SHA-256
c5da7f298df26e856fd81bd06e675b91bb83f48b06439f23ed764e4fe0bb9cc7

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

Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.