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Medal of Honor Recipient

Myron H. Ranney

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001040Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

August 30, 1862

Bull Run, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company G, 13th New York Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Picked up the colors and carried them off the field after the color bearer had been shot down; was himself wounded.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Myron H. Ranney — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001046
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Corporal
Archive transcription SHA-256
71fc155bff23050c6e29460f43f169049d71f062a110001822dcca9376b75c2d

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

The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; highest later rank retained as Corporal; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.