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Medal of Honor Recipient

Wells Howard Blodgett

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000597Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

September 30, 1862

Newtonia, Missouri, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 37th Illinois Infantry

The Citation

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With a single orderly, captured an armed picket of 8 men and marched them in prisoners.
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With a single orderly, captured an armed picket of eight men and marched them in as prisoners.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Wells Howard Blodgett — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000603
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Colonel
Entered service at
Chicago, Ill.
Archive transcription SHA-256
2ec277ca1bf2cd922dbde37b1f98874db56380ba48f3b489a57aaddc01bbc1d8

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

The current reference profile expands the middle name, preserves First Lieutenant as the action rank and Colonel as the later rank, and records Willis Blodgett as an alias.

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