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Medal of Honor Recipient

Cyrus Sears

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001085Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

September 19, 1862

Iuka, Mississippi, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
11th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery

The Citation

Sources ↓
Although severely wounded, fought his battery until the cannoneers and horses were nearly all killed or wounded.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Cyrus Sears — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001091
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Colonel
Entered service at
Bucyrus, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
e275eae2f930a80a2af2d03e4cd51bb403d5f515b4f85fa3454d358a9a56af5c

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

The current reference profile confirms the award; highest later rank retained as Colonel; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.