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Medal of Honor Recipient

Robert Niven

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001869Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

March 2, 1865

Waynesboro, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Second Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company H, 8th New York Cavalry

The Citation

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Capture of 2 flags.
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Capture of two flags.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Robert Niven — 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-001877
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Captain
Entered service at
Rochester, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
fbd761c09856cc6cd5d2e41582576adce6d029ca2053aeef4dedd1786bacfa48

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

The current profile records later/highest rank Captain. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The rendered Society citation reads “Capture of two flags.” while the inherited citation reads “Capture of 2 flags.”; both texts and checksums remain preserved without replacement.

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