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Medal of Honor Recipient

Everett W Anderson

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000563Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1894

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Medal of Honor

January 14, 1864

Crosby's Creek, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company M, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Presentation date
December 3, 1894

The Citation

Sources ↓
Captured, single-handed, Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert B. Vance during a charge upon the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Everett W Anderson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000569
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Second Lieutenant
Entered service at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
d14c94404f895d59ab7b87e00adc5b1d26f6ec1e3a3e50d433b9355870d6636d

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

The current official profile confirms the identity and preserves Sergeant as the action rank and Second Lieutenant as the later rank; the canonical place replaces the inherited apartment geocoder result.