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Medal of Honor Recipient

Terrence Begley

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000582Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

June 3, 1864

Cold Harbor, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 7th New York Heavy Artillery

The Citation

Sources ↓
Shot a Confederate color bearer, rushed forward and seized his colors, and although exposed to heavy fire, regained the lines in safety.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Shot a Confederate color bearer, 26th Virginia Infantry, rushed forward and seized his colors, and although exposed to heavy fire, regained the lines in safety.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Terrence Begley — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Terrence Begley — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-26

    official Sergeant rank, unit, date, place, and citation

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000588
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Archive transcription SHA-256
4e946008dfdd5aef96d828fc035b0e67d7b021b898764bfc9e96483b1e0da8e5

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

The reference profile and Army index agree on identity, unit, action date, place, and citation. They disagree on rank: Society structured field says Private; the Army index and inherited record say Sergeant. Sergeant is used canonically and both official renderings are preserved.

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