Medal of Honor
April 23, 1882
Horseshoe Canyon, New Mexico, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- 4th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Wilber Elliott Wilder — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001808
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brigadier General
- Entered service at
- Detroit, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a22f6a2a923577491488d5b78d23253f992b5b3ba241b11493fd52ccb27584d0
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current authoritative source expands, corrects, or normalizes the inherited name from Wilber E. Wilder to Wilber Elliott Wilder; both renderings remain preserved. The current profile records later/highest rank Brigadier General. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The current authoritative text reads “Assisted, under a heavy fire, in rescuing a wounded comrade.” while the inherited citation reads “Assisted, under a heavy fire, to rescue a wounded comrade.”; both renderings remain independently preserved without replacing the legacy citation.