{{short description|United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox military person |name= Cyrus Freeman Hayden |birth_date= September 1839 |death_date= possibly February 25, 1912 (aged 72) |birth_place= York, Maine |death_place= Presque Isle, Maine |burial_place= Fairmount Cemetery Section C, Lot 42 |burial_label= Place of burial |image= 1871sujagi.jpg |medal= US Navy Medal of Honor (1862 original).png |caption=aboard {{USS|Colorado|1856|6}} in 1871 with a sujagi: <small>(right to left)</small> Cpl Charles Brown, Pvt Hugh Purvis, possibly Cyrus Hayden. Photograph by Felice Beato |allegiance={{flag|United States of America}} |branch=25px United States Navy |rank= Carpenter |unit= {{USS|Colorado|1856|6}} |battles= Korean Expedition |awards= Medal of Honor }}
'''Cyrus Freeman Hayden''' (September 1839 – possibly February 25, 1912) was a United States Navy sailor received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean Expedition on June 11, 1871. While serving as the color bearer for the {{USS|Colorado|1856|6}}'s crew and Marines, Hayden planted the American Flag on the ramparts under heavy enemy fire.
Hayden enlisted in the Navy from Boston, Massachusetts in 1869. While some list Hayden's death as occurring in 1912, there is no evidence "that the man buried in Maine was a veteran."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mohhsus.com/lost-to-history|title = Lost to History » Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States}}</ref>
==Medal of Honor citation== Rank and organization: Carpenter, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, York, Maine Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 169, February 8, 1872.<ref name="go169">{{Cite journal | last = Robeson | first = George M. | authorlink = George M. Robeson | title = General Order, No. 169 | journal = General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Navy Department | issue = 1863–1887 | pages = 111 | publisher = United States Government Printing Office | location = Washington, D.C. | date = February 8, 1872 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=boAtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111 | access-date = 2015-01-28}}</ref>
'''Citation:'''
<blockquote>On board the USS ''Colorado'' during the attack and capture of the Korean forts, 11 June 1871. Serving as color bearer of the battalion, Hayden planted his flag on the ramparts of the citadel and protected it under a heavy fire from the enemy.<ref name=AMOHW>{{cite web |access-date = January 6, 2010 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/korean1871.html |title = Medal of Honor recipients |publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |date = August 3, 2009 |archive-date = December 14, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214025143/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/korean1871.html |url-status = dead }}</ref></blockquote>
==See also== *List of Medal of Honor recipients *[https://books.google.com/books?id=boAtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111 General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Navy Department] *{{Find a Grave|47403235}} {{Portal|Biography}}
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