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Medal of Honor Recipient

Stephen Thomas

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001144Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

October 19, 1864

Cedar Creek, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Colonel
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
8th Vermont Infantry

The Citation

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Distinguished conduct in a desperate hand_to_hand encounter, in which the advance of the enemy was checked.
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Distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter, in which the advance of the enemy was checked.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Stephen Thomas — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001150
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brigadier General
Entered service at
Montpelier, Vt.
Archive transcription SHA-256
60c9337a052b8c498bacd946cac446d85df9478e4ae8269c1e2c70848ce76433

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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