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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas Parker

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000997Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 6, 1865

Petersburg & Deatonsville (Sailors Creek), Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 2d Rhode Island Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Planted the first color on the enemy's works. Carried the regimental colors over the creek after the regiment had broken and been repulsed.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Thomas Parker — 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-001003
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Providence, R.I.
Archive transcription SHA-256
4456b434afc9fd4705c29baad581df257617f36b208e3b4ac46b93f0250d7b2f

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

The current reference profile confirms the award, adds the action rank, and records the broader structured action-place rendering Petersburg & Deatonsville (Sailors Creek) beside the inherited Petersburg-only place.

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