Battles & victories

Battles of the Medal of Honor

87 battles and campaigns in which two or more Medals of Honor were earned, with their dates, outcomes and the recipients who fought there.

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Civil War

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
First Battle of Bull Run	July 21, 1861	Confederate victory	3
Battle of Island Number Ten	February 28, 1862 – April 8, 1862	Union victory	2
Battle of New Bern	March 14, 1862	Union victory	2
Great Locomotive Chase	April 12, 1862	Confederate victory, The General recaptured	5
Siege of Corinth	April 29, 1862 – May 30, 1862	Union victory	2
Battle of Williamsburg	May 5, 1862	Inconclusive; Confederate withdrawal to Richmond	5
Battle of Seven Pines	May 31, 1862 – June 1, 1862	Inconclusive	3
Battle of Gaines's Mill	June 27, 1862	Confederate victory	2
Battle of Glendale	June 30, 1862	Inconclusive	2
Battle of Malvern Hill	July 1, 1862	Union victory	2
Battle of Cedar Mountain	August 9, 1862	Confederate victory	2
Battle of Antietam	September 17, 1862	Union victory (see aftermath)	8
Battle of Iuka	September 19, 1862	Union victory	2
Battle of Fredericksburg	December 11, 1862 – December 15, 1862	Confederate victory	5
Battle of Stones River	December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863	Tactically Inconclusive; strategic Union victory due to Confederate…	4
Battle of Arkansas Post	January 9, 1863 – January 11, 1863	Union victory	2
Battle of Chancellorsville	April 30, 1863 – May 6, 1863	Confederate victory	8
Second Battle of Fredericksburg	May 3, 1863	Union victory	2
Siege of Vicksburg	May 18, 1863 – July 4, 1863	Union victory	21
Siege of Port Hudson	May 21, 1863 – July 9, 1863	Union victory	2
Battle of Gettysburg	July 1, 1863 – July 3, 1863	Union victory	21
Battle of Chickamauga	September 18–20, 1863	Confederate victory	2
Battle of Bristoe Station	October 14, 1863	Union victory	2
Battle of Missionary Ridge	November 25, 1863	Union victory	7
Battle of the Wilderness	May 5, 1864 – May 7, 1864	Inconclusive	8
Battle of Resaca	May 13, 1864 – May 15, 1864	Union victory	2
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House	May 9–21, 1864	Inconclusive	11
Battle of North Anna	May 26, 1864	Inconclusive	2
Battle of Cold Harbor	May 31, 1864 – June 12, 1864	Confederate victory	4
Battle of Trevilian Station	June 11, 1864 – June 12, 1864	Confederate victory	3
Second Battle of Petersburg	June 15, 1864 – June 18, 1864	Confederate victory	8
Battle of Monocacy	July 9, 1864	—	2
Battle of Peachtree Creek	July 20, 1864	Union victory	2
Battle of the Crater	July 30, 1864	Confederate victory	5
Battle of Mobile Bay	August 2, 1864 – August 23, 1864	Union victory; Mobile Bay occupied by Union.; Fall of Fort Morgan to…	3
Battle of Globe Tavern	August 18, 1864 – August 21, 1864	Union victory	3
Battle of Chaffin's Farm	September 29, 1864 – September 30, 1864	Union victory	24
Battle of Cedar Creek	October 19, 1864	Union victory	2
Battle of Boydton Plank Road	October 27, 1864 – October 28, 1864	Union Victory	2
Battle of Franklin	November 30, 1864	Union victory	4
Battle of Honey Hill	November 30, 1864	Confederate victory	3
Battle of Nashville	December 15, 1864 – December 16, 1864	Union victory; End of the Army of Tennessee as an effective fighting…	5
First Battle of Fort Fisher	December 23, 1864 – December 27, 1864	Confederate victory	3
Battle of Hatcher's Run	February 5, 1865 – February 7, 1865	Union victory	5
Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia	March 2, 1865	Union victory; Destruction of Early's Army of the Valley	8
Battle of Fort Stedman	March 25, 1865	Union victory	2
Battle of Five Forks	April 1, 1865	Union victory	8
Third Battle of Petersburg	April 2, 1865	Union victory: End of the Siege of Petersburg and opening of the…	21
Battle of Amelia Springs	April 5, 1865	Inconclusive	2
Battle of Sailor's Creek	April 6, 1865	Union victory	21
Battle of Appomattox Court House	April 9, 1865	Union (American Civil War); Union victory	2

Indian Campaigns

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
Battle of the North Fork of the Red River	September 28, 1872	U.S. victory	2
Battle of Sunset Pass	November 1, 1874	Apache victory	2
Battle of the Little Bighorn	June 25–26, 1876	Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho victory	7
Battle of Cedar Creek	October 21, 1876	United States tactical victory	2
Battle of Bear Paw	September 30, 1877 – October 5, 1877	United States decisive victory	3
Battle of Big Dry Wash	July 17, 1882	United States victory	4

Korea 1871

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
United States expedition to Korea	1 June – 3 July 1871	Inconclusive; Successful punitive expedition and withdrawal; Korea…	2

Spanish-American War

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
Battle of Cienfuegos	May 11, 1898	Spanish victory	4
Battle of Tayacoba	June 30, 1898	Spanish victory	3

Boxer Rebellion

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
China Relief Expedition	June 20, 1900	—	3

Veracruz 1914

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
Battle of Veracruz	April 1, 1914 – November 1, 1914	American victory; Veracruz occupied by the United States; Military…	19

Haiti 1915

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
United States occupation of Haiti	July 28, 1915 – August 1, 1934	American victory	2

World War I

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
Pancho Villa Expedition	March 14, 1916 – February 7, 1917	—	2
Second Battle of the Marne	May 27, 1918 – August 6, 1918	Entente victory	3
Battle of Belleau Wood	June 1, 1918 – June 26, 1918	Allied victory	9
Battle of Château-Thierry	late May to early June 1918	Allied victory	4
Battle of Soissons	July 18, 1918 – July 22, 1918	Allied victory	4
Battle of Saint-Mihiel	September 12, 1918 – September 16, 1918	Allied victory	6
Meuse-Argonne Offensive	September 26, 1918 – November 11, 1918	Allied victory; End of World War I	6
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge	October 3, 1918 – October 27, 1918	Allied victory	6

World War II

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
Battle of the Java Sea	27 February 1942	Japanese victory	2
Battle of the Coral Sea	May 4, 1942 – May 8, 1942	—	3
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal	November 13, 1942 – November 15, 1942	American victory	2
Invasion of Normandy	June 6, 1944 – July 1, 1944	Allied victory	3
Battle of Saipan	June 15, 1944 – July 9, 1944	American victory	3
Battle of Guam	July 21, 1944 – August 10, 1944	American victory	5
Battle of Hürtgen Forest	September 14, 1944 – December 16, 1944	German victory	3
Battle of Peleliu	September 15, 1944 – November 25, 1944	American victory	6
Battle of Leyte	October 17, 1944 – December 26, 1944	Allied victory	2
Battle of Luzon	January 9, 1945 – August 15, 1945	Allied victory	3
Battle of Iwo Jima	February 8, 1945 – March 26, 1945	American victory	10
Battle of Okinawa	April 1, 1945 – June 23, 1945	Allied victory	15

Korean War

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
Battle of Inchon	September 15, 1950 – September 19, 1950	United Nations victory; Beginning of the North Korean withdrawal…	7
Second Battle of Seoul	September 22, 1950 – September 25, 1950	United Nations victory	4
Battle of Changjin Reservoir	November 27, 1950 – December 13, 1950	—	8

Somalia 1993

Battle	Date	Result	Medals
United States invasion of Panama	December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990	American victory	2

Battle descriptions and results come from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata. Many actions — especially 19th-century ones — are not linked to a named battle in open data; see each recipient’s profile and the days with the most medals.