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Medal of Honor Recipient

Luman Lewis Cadwell

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000633Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

September 20, 1864

Alabama Bayou, Louisiana, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 2d New York Veteran Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Swam the bayou under fire of the enemy and captured and brought off a boat by means of which the command crossed and routed the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Luman Lewis Cadwell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000639
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
First Lieutenant
Archive transcription SHA-256
76f1c634dd1c624c7753f22f4954038456f5cc64ba87fef199baf84f12e4d77e

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

The current reference profile expands the middle name, removes the inherited geocoder artifact from Alabama Bayou, and preserves Sergeant as the action rank and First Lieutenant as the later/highest rank.

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