Medal of Honor Recipient

Squire Edward Howard

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000848Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Rank at action: First Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: U.S. Civil War
Unit or command: Company H, 8th Vermont Infantry

The Citation

Voluntarily carried an important message through the heavy fire of the enemy to bring aid and save the gunboat Calhoun.

Sources & record notes

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Squire Edward Howard — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-000854
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank: Captain
Entered service at: Townshend, Vt.
Archive transcription SHA-256: 5eded6ae06d2c64267c824e504ff95fb207470c6e512bdeaaa573bb374568887

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

The current reference profile expands the middle name and supplies historical Bayou Teche wording; the inherited geocoder value remains preserved.