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Medal of Honor Recipient

Robert M Boody

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000602Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

May 5, 1862 and May 2, 1863

Williamsburg & Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 40th New York Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
This soldier, at Williamsburg, Va., then a corporal, at great personal risk, voluntarily saved the lives of and brought from the battlefield 2 wounded comrades. A year later, at Chancellorsville, voluntarily, and at great personal risk, brought from the field of battle and saved the life of Capt. George B. Carse, Company C, 40th New York Volunteer Infantry.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

This soldier at Williamsburg, Va., then a corporal, at great personal risk, voluntarily saved the lives of and brought from the battlefield two wounded comrades. A year later, at Chancellorsville, voluntarily, and at great personal risk, brought from the field of battle and saved the life of Capt. George B. Carse, Company C, 4Oth New York Volunteer Infantry.

Sources & record notes

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

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

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Robert M Boody — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-26

    official two-action dates, places, unit, rank, and citation wording “40th”

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000608
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Other source date wording
1863-05-02
Later or highest recorded rank
Second Lieutenant
Entered service at
Amesbury, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
00803f40ba2d97896394be4629a47cfc4e62c78b919caab8cdd59a4c3f21fffa

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

The current reference profile adds the middle initial and documents two actions. Its citation renders the unit as “4Oth” with the letter O; the official Army index and inherited citation use “40th.” Both actions are stored canonically, the current rendering is preserved, and the complete legacy citation remains unchanged.