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Osgood Towns Hadley

Corporal Osgood Towns Hadley, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on September 30, 1864 near Pegram House, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War September 30, 1864

Corporal Osgood Towns Hadley was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 30, 1864 near Pegram House, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company E, 6th New Hampshire Veteran Infantry. Hadley was 26 years old.

4 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 27, 1896, 31 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant.

Hadley was born on January 19, 1838 in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. His Medal of Honor is credited to Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Hadley died on October 5, 1914 in Southboro, Massachusetts, at the age of 76. He is buried at Rural Cemetery in Southboro, Massachusetts.

Hadley is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 35 credited to New Hampshire.

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Official Medal of Honor citation

As color bearer of his regiment he defended his colors with great personal gallantry and brought them safely out of the action.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Nashua — map
  • Buried: Worcester County — map

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Timeline

  1. January 19, 1838
    Born in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
  2. September 30, 1864
    Act of valor — near Pegram House, Virginia
    Age 26. Company E, 6th New Hampshire Veteran Infantry
  3. July 27, 1896
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. October 5, 1914
    Died in Southboro, Massachusetts
    Age 76.
  5. Resting place
    Rural Cemetery
    Southboro, Massachusetts

Biography

Osgood Towns Hadley (January 19, 1838 – October 5, 1914) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Hadley was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on January 19, 1838. He married Susan F Carter of Peterborough, New Hampshire, on November 14, 1860. She died September 17, 1861, and Hadley enlisted and was mustered into Federal service November 27, 1861, at Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism on September 30, 1864, while serving as a corporal with Company E, 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, at Pegram House, Virginia.

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Also honored for actions on September 30, 1864

WH William Stone Hubbell Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 MJ Miles James Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 FJ Franklin Johndro Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TM Thomas Murphy Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864

More Civil War recipients from New Hampshire

William L. s Tabor Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WT William Tilton Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 LW Leander A. Wilkins Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Richard Napoleon Batchelder Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1863 CM Charles Melville Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 ST Samuel Todd Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.