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Medal of Honor Recipient

Edmond Thomas Butler

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001676Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1877

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Medal of Honor

January 8, 1877

Wolf Mountain, Montana, USA

Rank at action
Captain
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
5th U.S. Infantry

The Citation

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Most distinguished gallantry m action with hostile Indians.
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Most distinguished gallantry in action with hostile Indians.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Edmond Thomas Butler — 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-001684
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Entered service at
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
b5773ddd3bcf4d96453d09d87a1c95ff2b048b29910d0ba4e4739eeae56826e6

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The inherited candidate set did not include the current Edmond Thomas Butler profile. Controlled archival reference search recovered the current URL, expanded name, later rank, and corrected citation wording; all inherited candidates and the legacy typographical citation remain preserved.