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Medal of Honor Recipient

Cornelius Minor Hadley

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000789Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

November 20, 1863

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 9th Michigan Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
With one companion, voluntarily carried through the enemy's lines important dispatches from Gen. Grant to Gen. Burnside, then besieged within Knoxville, and brought back replies, his comrade's horse being killed and the man taken prisoner.

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  1. Cornelius Minor Hadley — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000795
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
First Lieutenant
Entered service at
Adrian, Mich.
Archive transcription SHA-256
085ff0bf3eac169ea82840ca313e709c7bd099c225f990cca2a55e7ac6bea55a

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The current reference profile expands Cornelius Hadley's middle name and supplies First Lieutenant as the later/highest rank. All inherited identity, action, and citation fields remain preserved.

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