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Medal of Honor Recipient

James Holehouse

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000830Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 3, 1863

Marye's Heights, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 7th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
ith one companion voluntarily and with conspicuous daring advanced beyond his regiment, which had been broken In the assault, and halted beneath the crest. Following the example of these 2 men, the colors were brought to the summit, the regiment was advanced and the position held.
Separately preserved current-source wording

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With one companion voluntarily and with conspicuous daring advanced beyond his regiment, which had been broken in the assault, and halted beneath the crest. Following the example of these two men, the colors were brought to the summit, the regiment was advanced, and the position held.

Sources & record notes

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  1. James Holehouse — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000836
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Fall River, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
58a66b709af60a1607ba2defac6156a075b6a483c408574bfa7d21a4348b196c

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

The reference profile records the alias John Holehouse and supplies the historical Marye's Heights form. Its current citation corrects the inherited missing initial W and OCR capitalization errors; all variants remain preserved.