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Medal of Honor Recipient

Joel Huntington Lyman

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000920Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

September 19, 1864

Winchester, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Quartermaster Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 9th New York Cavalry

The Citation

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In an attempt to capture a Confederate flag he captured one of the enemy's officers and brought him within the lines.
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In an attempt to capture a Confederate flag, he captured one of the enemy's officers and brought him within the lines.

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  1. Joel Huntington Lyman — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000926
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
First Lieutenant
Entered service at
East Randolph, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
d9fe8ce930b477917288a150dde9645865512a50a4a3f3b5504ad15682a4d10d

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The reference profile expands the inherited middle initial and supplies the later rank. The current citation adds a comma after “flag”; the complete inherited wording and hash remain unchanged in parallel evidence.

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