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Medal of Honor Recipient

Marcus M Haskell

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000808Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

September 17, 1862

Antietam, Maryland, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 35th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

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Although wounded and exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy, at the risk of his own life he rescued a badly wounded comrade and succeeded in conveying him to a place of safety.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Marcus M Haskell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000814
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Chelsea, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
160e276d732db751d0f737a74b1b0a6900b3a482ea7df9d4e3c7e46e9358aff1

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

The current reference profile confirms Marcus M Haskell, Sergeant, Company C, 35th Massachusetts Infantry, the September 17, 1862 action, and Antietam. The complete inherited citation remains preserved.