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Medal of Honor Recipient

William E. Richey

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001052Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

September 19, 1863

Chickamauga, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 15th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

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While on the extreme front, between the lines of the combatants single_handed he captured a Confederate major who was armed and mounted.
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While on the extreme front, between the lines of the combatants single-handedly he captured a Confederate major who was armed and mounted.

Sources & record notes

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  1. William E. Richey — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001058
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Archive transcription SHA-256
2e14b0d04ce33a8c86a586e1e23a577d51e2cd2f5552b8ff66ca48ec94e7fba2

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; highest later rank retained as Sergeant; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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