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Medal of Honor Recipient

George W. Welch

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001647Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1965

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Medal of Honor

December 16, 1864

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 11th Missouri Infantry
Presentation date
February 24, 1965

The Citation

Sources ↓
Captured the flag of the 13th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).

Sources & record notes

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

  1. George W. Welch — 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-001655
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
Archive transcription SHA-256
4ddc23b17fdba92cb37d0331c6f2ae88b3efc3375463e34a0132ddf7b686bfda

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.