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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 13 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
William Wells Major · Army July 3, 1863 EW Edward Welsh Private · Army May 22, 1863 JW James Welsh Private · Army July 30, 1864 WW William Westerhold Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 John Francis Weston Major · Army April 13, 1865 Loyd Wheaton Lieutenant Colonel · Army April 9, 1865 DW Daniel Davis Wheeler First Lieutenant · Army May 3, 1863 HW Henry W. Wheeler Private · Army July 21, 1861 William Macky Wherry First Lieutenant · Army August 10, 1861 Edward Washburn Whitaker Captain · Army June 29, 1864 AW Adam White Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 JW John Henry White Private · Army August 23, 1862 JW Joseph White Coxswain · Navy December 24, 1864 PW Patrick H. White Captain · Army May 22, 1863 JW John Milton Whitehead Chaplain · Army December 31, 1862 DW Daniel Whitfield Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 FW Frank M. Whitman Private · Army September 17, 1862 JW John W. Whitmore Private · Army April 9, 1865 William G. Whitney Sergeant · Army September 20, 1863 EW Edward Newton Whittier First Lieutenant · Army September 22, 1864 Andrew J. Widick Private · Army May 22, 1863 FW Franklin L. Wilcox Ordinary Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 WW William H. Wilcox Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 JW James Wiley Sergeant · Army July 3, 1863 GW George Wilhelm Captain · Army May 16, 1863 HW Henry Wilkes Landsman · Navy October 27, 1864 PW Perry Wilkes Pilot · Navy May 5, 1864 LW Leander A. Wilkins Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864 Orlando Bolivar Willcox Colonel · Army July 21, 1861 AW Anthony Williams Sailmaker's Mate · Navy December 24, 1864 AW Augustus Williams Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 EW Elwood N. Williams Private · Army April 6, 1862 GW George C. Williams Quartermaster Sergeant · Army June 27, 1862 JW John Williams Captain of the Maintop · Navy June 26, 1861 JW John Williams Seaman · Navy October 3, 1862 JW John Williams II Boatswain's Mate · Navy November 7, 1861 Leroy Williams Sergeant · Army June 3, 1864 PW Peter Williams Seaman · Navy March 9, 1862 RW Robert Williams Signal Quartermaster · Navy December 27, 1862 WW William Haliday Williams Private · Army July 20, 1864 WW William Williams Landsman · Navy November 16, 1863 James Alexander Williamson Colonel · Army December 29, 1862 RW Richard Willis Coxswain · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 Edward Bancroft Williston First Lieutenant · Army June 12, 1864 CW Charles E. Wilson Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 CW Christopher W. Wilson Private · Army May 12, 1864 FW Francis A. Wilson Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 George D. Wilson Private · Army April 12, 1862 ✦ John Alfred Wilson Private · Army April 1862 John Moulder Wilson First Lieutenant · Army August 6, 1862 JW John Wilson Sergeant · Army March 31, 1865 WW William Wirt Winegar First Lieutenant · Army April 1, 1865 LW Lewis S. Wisner First Lieutenant · Army May 12, 1864 William Herbert Withington Captain · Army July 21, 1861 John Wollam Private · Army April 1862 Henry Clay Wood First Lieutenant · Army August 10, 1861 Mark Wood Private · Army April 1862 RW Richard H. Wood Captain · Army May 22, 1863 RW Robert B. Wood Coxswain · Navy April 14, 1863 WW William H. Woodall Scout · Army March 29 - April 9, 1865 EW Eri Davidson Woodbury Sergeant · Army October 19, 1864 AW Alonzo Woodruff Sergeant · Army October 27, 1864 Carle Augustus Woodruff First Lieutenant · Army July 24, 1863 DW Daniel A. Woods Private · Army April 6, 1865 SW Samuel Woods Seaman · Navy April 14, 1863 EW Evan M. Woodward First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army December 13, 1862 JW John Woon Boatswain's Mate · Navy April 29, 1863 Charles B. Woram Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 JW Joseph Wortick Private · Army May 22, 1863 William J. Wray Sergeant · Army July 12, 1864 AW Albert D. Wright Captain · Army July 30, 1864 EW Edward Wright Quartermaster · Navy April 24 - 25, 1862 RW Robert Wright Private · Army October 1, 1864 Samuel Cole Wright Private · Army September 17, 1862 SW Samuel Wright Corporal · Army February 15, 1863 WW William Wright Yeoman · Navy June 23 - 25, 1864 JY Jacob F. Yeager Private · Army May 11, 1864 AY Andrew J. Young Sergeant · Army April 5, 1865 BY Benjamin F. Young Corporal · Army June 17, 1864 Calvary Morris Young Sergeant · Army October 25, 1864 EY Edward B. Young Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 HY Horatio Nelson Young Seaman · Navy November 16, 1863 JY James Marvin Young Private · Army May 6, 1864 WY William Young Boatswain's Mate · Navy April 24 - 25, 1862 John L. Younker Private · Army August 9, 1862