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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 11 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
Alfred Jacob Sellers Major · Army July 1, 1863 CS Charles H. Seston Sergeant · Army September 19, 1864 ✦ RS Richard Henry Seward Paymaster's Steward · Navy November 23, 1863 WS William Joyce Sewell Colonel · Army May 3, 1863 Philip G. Shadrach Private · Army April 12, 1862 ✦ William Rufus Shafter First Lieutenant · Army May 31, 1862 Emisire Shahan Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 Alexander Shaler Colonel · Army May 3, 1863 CS Charles Shambaugh Corporal · Army June 30, 1862 JS John Shanes Private · Army July 20, 1864 John Shapland Private · Army July 2, 1863 HS Hendrick Sharp Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 JS Joseph Henry Shea Private · Army September 29, 1864 JS John Shellenberger Corporal · Army August 16, 1864 IS Irwin Shepard Corporal · Army November 20, 1863 LS Louis Capet Shepard Ordinary Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 WS William Shepherd Private · Army April 6, 1865 JS James Sheridan Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 MS Marshall Sherman Private · Army July 3, 1863 JS John Shiel Corporal · Army December 13, 1862 BS Bernard Shields Private · Army April 8, 1865 JS John Shilling First Sergeant · Army August 21, 1864 RS Robert F. Shipley First Sergeant · Army April 1, 1865 WS William Shipman Coxswain · Navy January 15, 1865 JS John Shivers Private · Marine Corps January 15, 1865 LS Levi Shoemaker Sergeant · Army November 12, 1864 GS George J. Shopp Private · Army April 1, 1865 FS Frank Shubert Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 HS Henry Shutes Captain of the Forecastle · Navy February 27, 1863 Daniel Edgar Sickles Major General · Army July 2, 1863 William H. Sickles Sergeant · Army March 31, 1865 George Dallas Sidman Private · Army June 27, 1862 LS Lebbeus Simkins Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 JS John Simmons Private · Army April 6, 1865 WS William Thomas Simmons First Lieutenant · Army December 16, 1864 William Edgar Simonds Sergeant Major · Army April 14, 1863 Charles Jenks Simons Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864 ES Ebenezer Skellie Corporal · Army September 29, 1864 JS Joseph Alton Sladen Private · Army May 14, 1864 OS Oscar Slagle Private · Army July 2, 1863 Samuel Slavens Private · Army April 1862 ✦ AS Andrew Jackson Sloan Private · Army December 16, 1864 HS Henry C. Slusher Private · Army September 11, 1863 RS Reuben S. Smalley Private · Army July 2, 1863 RS Reuben Smalley Private · Army May 22, 1863 Alonzo Smith Sergeant · Army October 27, 1864 Andrew Jackson Smith Corporal · Army November 30, 1864 ✦ CS Charles H. Smith Coxswain · Navy December 30, 1862 Charles Henry Smith Colonel · Army June 24, 1864 DS David Lafayette Smith Sergeant · Army April 6, 1862 ES Edwin Smith Ordinary Seaman · Navy October 3, 1862 FS Francis M. Smith First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army February 6, 1865 HS Henry I. Smith First Lieutenant · Army March 15, 1865 JS James (Ovid) Smith Private · Army April 1862 JS James Smith Captain of the Forecastle · Navy August 5, 1864 JS John Smith Captain of the Forecastle · Navy August 5, 1864 JS John Smith Second Captain of the Top · Navy August 5, 1864 Joseph Sewall Smith Lieutenant Colonel · Army October 27, 1864 OS Oloff Smith Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 OS Otis W. Smith Private · Army December 16, 1864 RS Richard Smith Private · Army August 21, 1864 SS Samuel Rodmond Smith Captain · Army February 5, 1865 TS Thaddeus S. Smith Corporal · Army July 2, 1863 TS Thomas Smith Seaman · Navy March 5 - 6, 1865 WS Walter B. Smith Ordinary Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 WS Willard M. Smith Corporal · Marine Corps August 5, 1864 WS William Smith Quartermaster · Navy June 19, 1864 Wilson Smith Corporal · Army September 6, 1862 JS James Snedden Musician · Army June 5, 1864 DS David Southard Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 JS Joseph E. Sova Saddler · Army March 29 - April 9, 1865 MS Michael A. Sowers Private · Army December 1, 1864 Edward Burson Spalding Sergeant · Army April 6, 1862 WS William Joseph Sperry Major · Army April 2, 1865 TS Timothy Spillane Private · Army February 5 - 7, 1865 Benona Sprague Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 John Wilson Sprague Colonel · Army July 22, 1864 ✦ DS David Sprowle Orderly Sergeant · Marine Corps August 5, 1864 Andrew Barclay Spurling Lieutenant Colonel · Army March 23, 1865 CS Charles Stacey Private · Army July 2, 1863 JS Julius H. Stahel Major General · Army June 5, 1864 David Sloane Stanley Major General · Army November 30, 1864 WS William A. Stanley Shell Man · Navy August 5, 1864 JS John H. Starkins Sergeant · Army November 16, 1863 JS John Whedon Steele Major & Aide-de-Camp · Army November 29, 1864 WS William Steinmetz Private · Army May 22, 1863 WS William G. Stephens Private · Army May 22, 1863 JS James E. Sterling Coal Heaver · Navy August 5, 1864 JS John T. Sterling Private · Army September 19, 1864 Daniel Dickerson Stevens Quartermaster · Navy January 13, 1865 Hazard Stevens Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army April 19, 1863 GS George W. Stewart First Sergeant · Army April 5, 1865 JS Joseph Stewart Private · Army April 1, 1865 JS Joseph Stickels Sergeant · Army April 9, 1865 George Henry Stockman First Lieutenant · Army May 22, 1863 JS James Stoddard Seaman · Navy March 5, 1864 GS George Stokes Private · Army December 16, 1864 Frank Stolz Private · Army May 22, 1863 JS John Hamilton reid Storey Sergeant · Army May 28, 1864 RS Richard Stout Landsman · Navy January 30, 1863 RS Robert Strahan Captain of the Top · Navy June 19, 1864 BS Bernard A. Strausburgh First Sergeant · Army June 17, 1864 ✦ CS Christian Streile Private · Army April 5, 1865 JS James N. Strong Sergeant · Army May 27, 1863 JS James K. Sturgeon Private · Army June 15, 1864 JS James Sullivan Ordinary Seaman · Navy December 2, 1864 JS John Sullivan Seaman · Navy June 23 - 25, 1864 TS Timothy Sullivan Coxswain · Navy JS James Calvin Summers Private · Army May 22, 1863 Robert Summers Chief Quartermaster · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 WS William H. Surles Private · Army October 8, 1862 CS Charles Alexander Swan Private · Army April 2, 1865 JS John Swanson Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 Jacob E. Swap Private · Army May 5, 1864 ES Edward Swatton Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 Wager Swayne Lieutenant Colonel · Army October 4, 1862 Benjamin Swearer Seaman · Navy August 29, 1861 JS Joseph Sewell gerrish Sweatt Private · Army May 15, 1863 JS James Sweeney Private · Army October 19, 1864 Jacob Swegheimer Private · Army May 22, 1863