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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.

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1,525 total, A–Z by last name
Thomas J. Box Captain · Army May 14, 1864 Henry Van ness Boynton Lieutenant Colonel · Army November 25, 1863 AB Amos Bradley Landsman · Navy April 24, 1862 CB Charles Bradley Boatswain's Mate · Navy January 10 - 11, 1863 Thomas Wilson Bradley Sergeant · Army May 3, 1863 JB James Brady Private · Army September 29, 1864 JB Joseph E. Brandle Private · Army November 16, 1863 FB Felix Brannigan Private · Army May 2, 1863 WB William Brant Jr. Lieutenant · Army April 3, 1865 EB Edgar A. Bras Sergeant · Army April 8, 1865 JB John Brazell Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 JB John Breen Boatswain's Mate · Navy October 3, 1862 CB Christopher Brennan Seaman · Navy April 24 - 25, 1862 Lewis Francis Brest Private · Army April 6, 1865 WB William John Brewer Private · Army April 4, 1865 CB Charles Breyer Sergeant · Army August 23, 1862 EB Elijah A. Briggs Corporal · Army April 3, 1865 AB Andrew Bringle Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 AB Andrew Brinn Seaman · Navy March 14, 1863 AB August Frederick Bronner Private · Army June 30, 1862 JB James H. Bronson First Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 JB John Brosnan Sergeant · Army June 17, 1864 CB Charles W. Brouse Captain · Army November 25, 1863 CB Charles E. Brown Sergeant · Army August 19, 1864 EB Edward Brown Jr. Corporal · Army May 3 - 4, 1863 Henri Le fevre Brown Sergeant · Army May 6, 1864 JB James Brown Quartermaster · Navy May 4, 1863 Jeremiah Z. Brown Captain · Army October 27, 1864 JB John Brown Captain of the Forecastle · Navy August 5, 1864 JB John Brown First Sergeant · Army May 19, 1863 JB John Harties Brown Captain · Army November 30, 1864 MB Morris Brown Jr. Captain · Army July 3, 1863 ✦ Robert Bruce Brown Private · Army November 25, 1863 RB Robert Brown Captain of the Top · Navy August 5, 1864 UB Uriah H. Brown Private · Army May 22, 1863 WB William H. Brown Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 WB Wilson Brown Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 WB Wilson W. Brown Private · Army April 1862 Francis Edwin Brownell Private · Army May 24, 1861 WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy May 22, 1863 LB Louis J. Bruner Private · Army December 2, 1863 George Washington Brush Second Lieutenant · Army May 24, 1864 CB Christopher C. Bruton Captain · Army March 2, 1865 HB Henry Brutsche Landsman · Navy May 23, 1863 AB Andrew Symmes Bryant Sergeant · Army May 23, 1863 GB George A. Buchanan Private · Army September 29, 1864 ✦ FB Frederick Clarence Buck Corporal · Army September 29, 1864 JB James Buck Quartermaster · Navy April 24 - 25, 1862 DB David Eastburn Buckingham First Lieutenant · Army February 5, 1865 Abram J. Buckles Sergeant · Army May 5, 1864 DB Denis Buckley Private · Army July 20, 1864 ✦ JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 JB John Knight Bucklyn First Lieutenant · Army May 3, 1863 JB John E. Buffington Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 Robert Buffum Private · Army April 1862 HB Henry G. Buhrman Private · Army May 22, 1863 William Bumgarner Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 JB James H. Burbank Sergeant · Army October 3, 1862 Joseph Burger Private · Army February 15, 1863 EB E. Michael Burk Private · Army May 12, 1864 TB Thomas Burk Sergeant · Army May 6, 1864 DB Daniel Webster Burke First Sergeant · Army September 20, 1862 Thomas M. Burke Private · Army June 30, 1863 James Madison Burns Sergeant · Army May 15, 1864 JB John M. Burns Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 WB William Wallace Burritt Private · Army April 27, 1863 AB Albert Burton Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 Daniel Adams Butterfield Brigadier General · Army June 27, 1862 FB Franklin George Butterfield First Lieutenant · Army May 4, 1863 GB George Butts Gunner's Mate · Navy May 5, 1864 JB James Byrnes Boatswain's Mate · Navy January 10 - 11, 1863 AC Abel G. Cadwallader Corporal · Army February 6, 1865 LC Luman Lewis Cadwell Sergeant · Army September 20, 1864 DC Daniel G. Caldwell Sergeant · Army February 6, 1865 IC Ivers S. Calkin First Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 JC John H. Callahan Private · Army April 9, 1865 CC Carlton N. Camp Private · Army April 2, 1865 JC James A. Campbell Private · Army April 5, 1865 WC William Campbell Private · Army May 22, 1863 WC William Campbell Boatswain's Mate · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 Charles E. Capehart Major · Army July 4, 1863 HC Henry Capehart Colonel · Army May 22, 1864 Horace Capron Jr. Sergeant · Army June 1862 ✦ HC Hugh Carey Sergeant · Army July 3, 1863 ✦ James Lemuel Carey Sergeant · Army April 9, 1865 CC Casper R. Carlisle Private · Army July 2, 1863 WC Warren Carman Private · Army March 2, 1865 Isaac Harrison Carmin Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 William Harvey Carney Sergeant · Army July 18, 1863 Eugene Asa Carr Colonel · Army March 7, 1862 Franklin Carr Corporal · Army December 16, 1864 WC William M. Carr Master-at-Arms · Navy August 5, 1864 William J. Carson Musician · Army September 19, 1863 JC Jacob Cart Private · Army December 13, 1862 JC John Joice Carter Second Lieutenant · Army September 17, 1862 JC Joseph Franklin Carter Captain · Army March 25, 1865 Orlando Emanuel Caruana Private · Army September 14, 1862 DC David P. Casey Private · Army June 3, 1864 Henry Casey Private · Army April 22, 1863 MC Michael Cassidy Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 Isaac Swartwood Catlin Colonel · Army July 30, 1864 Ovila Cayer Sergeant · Army August 19, 1864 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Colonel · Army July 2, 1863 Orville Tyron Chamberlain Second Lieutenant · Army September 20, 1863 Joseph B. Chambers Private · Army March 25, 1865 HC Henry Flint Chandler Sergeant · Army June 17, 1864 JC James B. Chandler Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 Stephen Edwin Chandler Quartermaster Sergeant · Army April 5, 1865 Alaric B. Chapin Private · Army January 15, 1865 JC John Chapman Private · Army April 6, 1865 LC Louis G. Chaput Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 John F. Chase Private · Army May 3, 1863 BC Benjamin Ham Child Corporal · Army September 17, 1862 WC William W. Chisman Private · Army May 22, 1863 JC James Isaac Christiancy First Lieutenant · Army May 28, 1864 SC Samuel Joseph Churchill Corporal · Army December 15, 1864 CC Clinton Albert Cilley Captain · Army September 20, 1863 JC James T. Clancy Sergeant · Army October 1, 1864 AC Albert Adams Clapp First Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 Charles Amory Clark Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army May 4, 1863