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Medal of Honor Recipient

Rufus D Hutchinson

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001283Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1876

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Medal of Honor

June 25, 1876

Little Big Horn River, Montana, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Guarded and carried the wounded, brought water for the same, and posted and directed the men in his charge under galling fire from the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Rufus D Hutchinson — 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-001290
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Cincinnati, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
2e239ecfeb6b4cc31493962ad95c8845c6b6ef71a732c8c99b494cd2accc9c0f

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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