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Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph S Hedges

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000814Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

December 17, 1864

near Harpeth River, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
4th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
At the head of his regiment charged a field battery with strong infantry supports, broke the enemy's line and, with other mounted troops, captured 3 guns and many prisoners.
Separately preserved current-source wording

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

At the head of his regiment charged a field battery with strong infantry supports, broke the enemy's line, and, with other mounted troops, captured three guns and many prisoners.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Joseph S Hedges — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Joseph S Hedges — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27

    Army index shorter identity form, action metadata, and numeric citation rendering

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000820
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Captain
Entered service at
Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
2b3f26c01319c7fac457e6d28b2628aedbf8b3a173dc13b9b65e942d714ef299

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

The current reference profile expands the inherited identity with middle initial S and uses a current slug outside the inherited candidate set. The Army index retains the shorter Joseph Hedges form. Both identity forms and the three-versus-3 citation wording remain preserved.

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