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Medal of Honor Recipient

Stephen Potter Corliss

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000679Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 2, 1865

South Side Railroad, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 4th New York Heavy Artillery

The Citation

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Raised the fallen colors and, rushing forward in advance of the troops, placed them on the enemy's works.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Stephen Potter Corliss — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000685
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Colonel
Archive transcription SHA-256
b968665d8ce16ec5b2b0352b341e241219f3afe9bbc3f2f45d7ff535b7d8696b

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

Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.

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