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Medal of Honor Recipient

Wheelock Graves Veazey

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001179Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

July 3, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Rank at action
Colonel
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
16th Vermont Infantry

The Citation

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Rapidly assembled his regiment and charged the enemy's flank; charged front under heavy fire, and charged and destroyed a Confederate brigade, all this with new troops in their first battle.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Wheelock Graves Veazey — 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-001185
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Springfield, Vt.
Archive transcription SHA-256
c458e88301c6b775cddcd0e3ecd02b0c595079e04377ddecd5c4a37d2a4f36cc

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.

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