Rank and Organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: c. 1840, Rhode Island. Accredited To: Rhode Island. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
As Captain of No. 1 gun on board the USS Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the CSS Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Cool and courageous at his station throughout the prolonged action, Hayes maintained fire from his gun on Fort Morgan and on ships of the Confederacy despite extremely heavy return fire.[1]
Mahan, CDR USN, Alfred Thayer (1885). The Gulf and Inland Waters. The Navy in the Civil War. Vol. III. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. OCLC 166312281.
Matthews, Franklin (1915). Our Navy in Time of War (1861-1915). New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company. OCLC 940844432.
Porter, ADM USN, David Dixon (1886). The Naval History of the Civil War. New York, NY: The Sherman Publishing Company. OCLC 280729.
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Naval Historical Center (2009-07-06). "US People - Bradley, George". Online Library. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
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