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Medal of Honor Recipient

Russell C Elliott

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000725Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

April 19, 1864

Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 3d Massachusetts Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Seeing a Confederate officer in advance of his command, charged on him alone and unaided and captured him.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Russell C Elliott — 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-000731
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Second Lieutenant
Entered service at
Boston, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
14c5ee60f412cd2a689267ace280a7033d647e903d7c56f355f069e78876dc4c

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

Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.