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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

1861–1865

Civil War: Medal of Honor Recipients

1,525 Medals of Honor were awarded for the U.S. Civil War (1861–1865), 32 of them posthumously.

All recipients · page 10 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
Edgar Pierpont Putnam Sergeant · Army May 27, 1864 WP Winthrop D. Putnam Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 GP George Pyne Seaman · Navy March 6, 1865 Matthew Stanley Quay Colonel · Army December 13, 1862 James Quinlan Major · Army June 29, 1862 Peter F. Rafferty Private · Army July 1, 1862 Charles Franklin Rand Private · Army July 18, 1861 JR John Rannahan Corporal · Marine Corps January 15, 1865 George E. Ranney Assistant Surgeon · Army May 14, 1864 MR Myron H. Ranney Private · Army August 30, 1862 AR Alfred Ransbottom First Sergeant · Army November 30, 1864 ER Edward Ratcliff First Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 JR Jacob F. Raub Assistant Surgeon · Army February 5, 1865 William H. Raymond Corporal · Army July 3, 1863 CR Charles A. Read Coxswain · Navy June 19, 1864 CR Charles Read Ordinary Seaman · Navy March 6, 1865 GR George E. Read Seaman · Navy June 19, 1864 MR Morton A. Read First Lieutenant · Army April 8, 1865 GR George F. Rebmann Sergeant · Army April 9, 1865 William Henry harrison Reddick Corporal · Army April 1862 AR Axel Hayford Reed Sergeant · Army November 15, 1863 Charles Wellington Reed Bugler · Army July 2, 1863 GR George W. Reed Private · Army August 21, 1864 WR William Reed Private · Army May 22, 1863 Charles A. Reeder Private · Army April 2, 1865 JR Jeremiah Regan Quartermaster · Navy May 15, 1862 Robert Alexander Reid Private · Army June 17, 1864 Daniel P. Reigle Corporal · Army October 19, 1864 James Monroe Reisinger Corporal · Army July 1, 1863 LR Louis Renninger Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 GR George Reynolds Private · Army September 19, 1864 Julius Dexter Rhodes Private · Army August 28 - 30, 1862 Sylvester D. Rhodes Sergeant · Army September 22, 1864 CR Charles Rice Coal Heaver · Navy December 23, 1864 Edmund Rice Major · Army July 3, 1863 Carlos H. Rich First Sergeant · Army May 5, 1864 LR Louis Richards Quartermaster · Navy April 24 - 25, 1862 WR William R. Richardson Private · Army April 6, 1865 William E. Richey Corporal · Army September 19, 1863 JR James Richmond Private · Army July 3, 1863 ✦ JR John Henry Ricksecker Private · Army November 30, 1864 RR Rudolph R. Riddell Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1865 TR Thomas Riley Private · Army April 4, 1865 ER Edward Ringold Coxswain · Navy October 22, 1862 William Young warren Ripley Lieutenant Colonel · Army July 1, 1862 JR James S. Roantree Sergeant · Marine Corps August 5, 1864 AR Augustus J. Robbins Second Lieutenant · Army May 12, 1864 JR James Roberts Seaman · Navy December 23, 1864 OR Otis O. Roberts Sergeant · Army November 7, 1863 Robert Stoddart Robertson First Lieutenant · Army May 8, 1864 Samuel Robertson Private · Army April 1862 ✦ GR George Frank Robie Sergeant · Army September 1864 AR Alexander Robinson Boatswain's Mate · Navy September 25, 1864 CR Charles Robinson Boatswain's Mate · Navy December 23 - 27, 1862 Elbridge Robinson Private · Army June 14, 1863 JR James H. Robinson Private · Army January 27, 1865 John Cleveland Robinson Brigadier General · Army May 8, 1864 JR John H. Robinson Private · Army July 3, 1863 TR Thomas Robinson Private · Army May 12, 1864 FR Frederick Rock Private · Army May 22, 1863 Charles Mortimer Rockefeller Lieutenant · Army April 9, 1865 TR Theophilus Francis Rodenbough Captain · Army June 11, 1864 FR Ferdinand Frederick Rohm Chief Bugler · Army August 25, 1864 OR Oliver P. Rood Private · Army July 3, 1863 GR George Washington Roosevelt First Sergeant · Army July 2, 1863 MR Marion A. Ross Sergeant Major · Army April 1862 ✦ VR Valentine Rossbach Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 SR Stephen Rought Sergeant · Army May 6, 1864 LR Lewis A. Rounds Private · Army May 12, 1864 JR John Rountry First Class Fireman · Navy September 21, 1864 James Levi Roush Corporal · Army July 2, 1863 AR Archibald Hamilton Rowand Jr. Private · Army 1864 HR Henry Walker Rowe Private · Army June 17, 1864 Charles Wesley Rundle Private · Army May 22, 1863 JR John Rush First Class Fireman · Navy March 14, 1863 CR Charles L. Russell Corporal · Army May 12, 1864 MR Milton F. Russell Captain · Army December 29, 1862 John T. Rutherford First Lieutenant · Army May 27, 1864 James May Rutter Sergeant · Army July 1, 1863 Peter J. Ryan Private · Army September 19, 1864 LS Louis Jeanottelle Sacriste First Lieutenant · Army October 14, 1863 JS John Christopher Sagelhurst Sergeant · Army February 6, 1865 CS Charles Francis Sancrainte Private · Army July 22, 1864 Aaron Sanderson Landsman · Navy March 17, 1865 WS William Sands First Sergeant · Army February 6 - 7, 1865 Jacob Sanford Private · Army May 22, 1863 Jackson G. Sargent Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 Henry Sartwell Sergeant · Army May 3, 1863 JS James Saunders Quartermaster · Navy June 19, 1864 ES Edwin F. Savacool Captain · Army April 6, 1865 AS Auzella Savage Ordinary Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 Rufus Saxton Jr. Brigadier General · Army May 26 - 30, 1862 PS Patrick Scanlan Private · Army May 24, 1864 Martin E. Scheibner Private · Army November 27, 1863 BS Benjamin W. Schenck Private · Army May 22, 1863 JS John Schiller Private · Army September 29, 1864 PS Philipp Schlachter Private · Army May 12, 1864 GS George William Schmal Blacksmith · Army April 5, 1865 AS Andrew Schmauch Private · Army May 22, 1863 CS Conrad Schmidt First Sergeant · Army September 19, 1864 WS William Schmidt Private · Army November 25, 1863 George Schneider Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864 CS Christian Schnell Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 John Mcallister Schofield Major · Army August 10, 1861 James Martinus Schoonmaker Colonel · Army September 19, 1864 CS Charles Schorn Chief Bugler · Army April 8, 1865 Martin Schubert Private · Army December 13, 1862 GS George Schutt Coxswain · Navy March 5 - 6, 1865 Theodore Schwan First Lieutenant · Army October 1, 1864 MS Martin Schwenk Sergeant · Army July 1863 DS David H. Scofield Quartermaster Sergeant · Army October 19, 1864 Alexander Scott Corporal · Army July 9, 1864 John Morehead Scott Sergeant · Army April 1862 ✦ JS John Wallace Scott Captain · Army April 1, 1865 Julian A. Scott Drummer · Army April 16, 1862 ES Elisha B. Seaman Private · Army May 2, 1863 JS James Seanor Master-at-Arms · Navy August 5, 1864 Cyrus Sears First Lieutenant · Army September 19, 1862 Thomas Orville Seaver Colonel · Army May 10, 1864 JS James M. Seitzinger Private · Army June 3, 1864