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Medal of Honor Recipient

Samuel Cole Wright

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-001233Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

September 17, 1862

Antietam, Maryland, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 29th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily advanced under a destructive fire and removed a fence which would have impeded a contemplated charge.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Samuel Cole Wright — 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-001239
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Entered service at
Plympton, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
49df755ca0a16753a118151e75d4090e35a57b8a3bdde18d27c5c19721e64a36

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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