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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas Worcester Hyde

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000854Source-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
Major
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
7th Maine Infantry

The Citation

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Led his regiment in an assault on a strong body of the enemy's infantry and kept up the fight until the greater part of his men had been killed or wounded, bringing the remainder safely out of the fight.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Thomas Worcester Hyde — 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-000860
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Brigadier General
Entered service at
Bath, Maine
Archive transcription SHA-256
4fc097741aef0215cc4eba38690b452b806c4c283cdf289830754b7de7ca1659

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

The current profile expands the middle name and distinguishes Major at action from later Brevet Brigadier General.