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Medal of Honor Recipient

Ernest Albert Garlington

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001699Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1890

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Medal of Honor

December 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
7th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Distinguished gallantry.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Ernest Albert Garlington — 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-001707
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
Athens, Ga.
Archive transcription SHA-256
df924bc4acf6b36f12aa3e83af3291726bea8fccc9e6471139cf64d073cabe73

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

The current reference profile expands or corrects the inherited name from Ernest A. Garlington to Ernest Albert Garlington. 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.