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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas D. Collins Sr.

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001404Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 15, 1864

Resaca, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company H, 143d New York Infantry (Sullivan County Regiment)

The Citation

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Captured a regimental flag of the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Thomas D. Collins Sr. — 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-001412
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Liberty, Sullivan County, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
1f72598370e99cbe707b1efc05488c58172b47c2e643ea2d3fa20a1c49731976

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.