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Medal of Honor Recipient

Wesley James Powers

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001029Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 3, 1865

Oostanaula River, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 147th Illinois Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily swam the river under heavy fire and secured a ferryboat, by means of which the command crossed.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Wesley James Powers — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001035
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Virgil, Ill.
Archive transcription SHA-256
e6282a6c9b13bd8511273fc4c03ad265ac373a83d9c75a33f89bd91fc702c393

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

The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; name expanded or reconciled; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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