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Medal of Honor Recipient

John P. Schnitzer

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001767Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1882

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Medal of Honor

April 23, 1882

Horseshoe Canyon, New Mexico, USA

Rank at action
Wagoner
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Troop G, 4th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

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Assisted, under a heavy fire, to rescue a wounded comrade.
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Assisted, under a heavy fire, in rescuing a wounded comrade.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John P. Schnitzer — 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-001775
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Archive transcription SHA-256
a22f6a2a923577491488d5b78d23253f992b5b3ba241b11493fd52ccb27584d0

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

The inherited candidate set did not include the current John P. Schnitzer profile. Controlled archival reference search recovered the profile; matching unit, action date, place, and citation establish the identity while all inherited candidates remain preserved. The current reference profile expands or corrects the inherited name from John Schnitzer to John P. Schnitzer; both renderings remain preserved. The current citation reads “in rescuing” where the inherited transcription reads “to rescue”; both renderings remain independently preserved. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved.