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Medal of Honor Recipient

Samuel Hoover

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001717Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1873

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Medal of Honor

May 6, 1873

Santa Maria Mountains, Arizona, USA

Rank at action
Bugler
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company A, 1st U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Gallantry in action, also services as trailer in May 1872.
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Gallantry in action; also services as trailer in May 1872.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Samuel Hoover — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001725
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Archive transcription SHA-256
c2233c1550e15244c537a5e0e322e0ec56cca5354bb07938df3af58b2a79ba07

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

The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The current citation rendering and inherited citation remain stored independently with separate checksums.

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