Cornelius Minor Hadley (April 27, 1838 – March 22, 1902) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.[1][2][3][4][5]
Hadley was born in Sandy Creek, New York, on April 27, 1838, and entered service at Adrian, Michigan. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on November 20, 1863, while serving as a Sergeant with Company F, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, at the Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee. His Medal of Honor was issued on April 5, 1898.[2]
Hadley died at the age of 63, on March 22, 1902, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Litchfield, Michigan.[4]
Medal of Honor citation
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Cornelius Minor Hadley, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 20 November 1863, while serving with Company F, 9th Michigan Cavalry, in action at Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee. With one companion, Sergeant Hadley voluntarily carried through the enemy's lines important dispatches from General Grant to General Burnside, then besieged within Knoxville, and brought back replies, his comrade's horse being killed and the man taken prisoner.[1][2][3][4]
Notes
- ^ a b Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 105.
- ^ a b c Sightline Media Group (2020).
- ^ a b VCOnline (2020).
- ^ a b c CMOHS (2014).
- ^ Find a Grave (2020).
References
- Dyer, Frederick H (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q.
- Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (1968). Edward M Kennedy, Chairman (ed.). Medal of Honor, 1863-1968 : "In the Name of the Congress of the United States". Committee print (United States. Congress), 90th Congress, 2nd session. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1087. OCLC 1049691780.
- "Cornelius Minor Hadley". The Hall of Valor Project. Sightline Media Group. 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- "Cornelius Minor Hadley". THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE VICTORIA & GEORGE CROSS. VCOnline. 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- "HADLEY, CORNELIUS M." Congressional Medal of Honor Society. CMOHS. 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- "Hadley, Cornelius M". The National Medal of Honor Museum. The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation. 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- "7940385". Find A Grave. 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.
