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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Henry Osborne

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000991Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

July 1, 1862

Malvern Hill, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 29th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Although wounded and carried to the rear, he secured a rifle and voluntarily returned to the front, where, failing to find his own regiment, he joined another and fought with it until again severely wounded and taken prisoner.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. William Henry Osborne — 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-000997
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Archive transcription SHA-256
a8c60c9d64d3e9f586a9c38f3b546c8ddf350158861fa5500b3a7eb2152269cd

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

The current reference profile confirms the award, expands the middle name, supplies the action rank, and replaces the inherited modern locality expansion with the historical Malvern Hill action place.

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