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Medal of Honor Recipient

Nathaniel M Allen

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000560Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: 1896 Army ribbon pattern. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1899

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Medal of Honor

July 2, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 1st Massachusetts Infantry
Presentation date
March 29, 1899

The Citation

Sources ↓
When his regiment was falling back, this soldier, bearing the national color, returned in the face of the enemy's fire, pulled the regimental flag from under the body of its bearer, who had fallen, saved the flag from capture, and brought both colors off the field.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Nathaniel M Allen — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000566
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Entered service at
Boston, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
01bd502c735f7abecd5d98ffaac398941928cf56777dd6add2182fb3a81cf319

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

The current official profile confirms the identity, unit, date, and historical Gettysburg place wording.