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Medal of Honor Recipient

George H Dore

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000712Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

July 3, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 126th New York Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
The colors being struck down by a shell as the enemy were charging, this soldier rushed out and seized it, exposing himself to the fire of both sides.

Sources & record notes

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  1. George H Dore — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000718
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
England
Archive transcription SHA-256
8f493061bb5b05c9b4cd675e8daace48653feb89e617b4ceb54451139f1a4bc6

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

Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.