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Medal of Honor Recipient

Clinton Albert Cilley

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000657Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

September 20, 1863

Chickamauga, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Captain
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 2d Minnesota Infantry

The Citation

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Seized the colors of a retreating regiment and led it into the thick of the attack.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Clinton Albert Cilley — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000663
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Colonel
Entered service at
Sasioja, Minn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
10fb0bb1163042349ecb26ae62aec777ecb78f46194fa4c64b11f87f8bfc8115

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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.

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