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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas Anderson

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-001355Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 8, 1865

Appomattox Station, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company I, 1st West Virginia Cavalry
Presentation date
May 3, 1865

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of Confederate flag.

Sources & record notes

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

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

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001363
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Archive transcription SHA-256
1824fd1498e157d8cdd8263a26e98dce82546ca539d5c6bb5f2028b6af2a3874

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.