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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 3 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
Harrison Clark Corporal · Army July 2, 1863 JC James G. Clark Private · Army June 18, 1864 JC John Wesley Clark First Lieutenant & Regimental Quartermaster · Army July 28, 1863 WC William A. Clark Corporal · Army February 15, 1863 DC Dayton P. Clarke Captain · Army May 12, 1864 CC Charles H. Clausen First Lieutenant · Army May 12, 1864 CC Cecil Clay Captain · Army September 29, 1864 Charles Franklin Cleveland Private · Army September 17, 1862 RC Robert Teleford Clifford Master-at-Arms · Navy August 22, 1863 JC John E. Clopp Private · Army July 3, 1863 GC George Washington Clute Corporal · Army March 19, 1865 Jefferson Coates Sergeant · Army July 1, 1863 David L. Cockley First Lieutenant · Army December 4, 1864 JC James Coey Major · Army February 6, 1865 RC Robert John Coffey Sergeant · Army May 4, 1863 AC Abraham Cohn Sergeant Major · Army July 30, 1864 PC Patrick Colbert Coxswain · Navy October 31, 1864 CC Carlos W. Colby Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 GC Gabriel Cole Corporal · Army September 19, 1864 HC Harrison Collins Corporal · Army December 24, 1864 TC Thomas D. Collins Sr. Sergeant · Army May 15, 1864 Charles Henry tucky Collis Colonel · Army December 13, 1862 OC Oliver Colwell First Lieutenant · Army December 16, 1864 HC Hartwell B. Compson Major · Army March 2, 1865 JC John Wesley Conaway Private · Army May 22, 1863 MC Martin Conboy First Sergeant · Army May 5, 1862 DC Dennis Conlan Seaman · Navy December 23, 1864 TC Trustrim Connell Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 RC Richard Conner Private · Army August 30, 1862 TC Thomas Connor Ordinary Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 WC William C. Connor Boatswain's Mate · Navy September 25, 1864 JC James Connors Private · Army September 22, 1864 John Cook Bugler · Army September 17, 1862 JC John Henry Cook Sergeant · Army April 9, 1864 WC Walter Howard Cooke Captain · Army July 21, 1861 JC John Cooper Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 CC Charles Dearborn Copp Second Lieutenant · Army December 13, 1862 JC John Corcoran Private · Army April 2, 1865 Thomas E. Corcoran Landsman · Navy May 27, 1863 GC George W. Corliss Captain · Army August 9, 1862 Stephen Potter Corliss First Lieutenant · Army April 2, 1865 Joseph Kirby Corson Assistant Surgeon · Army October 14, 1863 Richard H. Cosgriff Private · Army April 16, 1865 TC Thomas Cosgrove Private · Army May 15, 1864 PC Peter Cotton Ordinary Seaman · Navy December 23 - 27, 1862 John Coughlin Lieutenant Colonel · Army May 9, 1864 Robert Mitchell Cox Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 JC John Nicholas Coyne Sergeant · Army May 5, 1862 William Wallace Cranston Private · Army May 2, 1863 AC Alexander Crawford Fireman · Navy May 25, 1864 JC John Creed Private · Army September 22, 1864 TC Thomas H. Cripps Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 HC Henry H. Crocker Captain · Army October 19, 1864 UC Ulric Lyons Crocker Private · Army October 19, 1864 JC James E. Croft Private · Army October 5, 1864 Cornelius Cronin Chief Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 WC William Henry harrison Crosier Sergeant · Army July 20, 1864 JC James Edwin Cross Corporal · Army July 18, 1861 MC Michael Crowley Private · Army March 2, 1865 TC Thomas Cullen Corporal · Army October 14, 1863 Amos Jay Cummings Sergeant Major · Army May 4, 1863 JC James M. Cumpston Private · Army August 1864 FC Francis Marion Cunningham First Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 James Smith Cunningham Private · Army May 22, 1863 RC Richard J. Curran Assistant Surgeon · Army September 17, 1862 John Calvin Curtis Sergeant Major · Army August 5, 1862 JC Josiah M. Curtis Second Lieutenant · Army April 2, 1865 Newton Martin Curtis Brigadier General · Army January 15, 1865 Alonzo H. Cushing First Lieutenant · Army July 3, 1863 ✦ Thomas Ward Custer Second Lieutenant · Army April 2, 1865 Thomas Ward Custer Second Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1865 Byron M. Cutcheon Major · Army May 10, 1863 JC James Madison Cutts Captain · Army 1864 John S. Darrough Sergeant · Army October 10, 1864 JD John A. Davidsizer Sergeant · Army April 5, 1865 Andrew Davidson Assistant Surgeon · Army May 3, 1863 AD Andrew Davidson First Lieutenant · Army July 30, 1864 CD Charles C. Davis Major · Army June 27, 1863 FD Freeman Davis Sergeant · Army November 25, 1863 George Evans Davis First Lieutenant · Army July 9, 1864 HD Harry Clay Davis Private · Army July 28, 1864 JD John Davis Quarter Gunner · Navy February 10, 1862 JD John Davis Private · Army April 1865 Joseph Davis Corporal · Army October 30, 1864 MD Martin K. Davis Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 SD Samuel W. Davis Ordinary Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 TD Thomas Davis Private · Army April 6, 1865 CD Charles Day Private · Army February 6, 1865 David Frakes Day Private · Army May 22, 1863 CD Charles Deakin Boatswain's Mate · Navy August 5, 1864 JD John Milton Deane Major · Army March 25, 1865 JD Joseph H. Decastro Corporal · Army July 3, 1863 PD Patrick Delacey First Sergeant · Army May 6, 1864 FD Frederick Nelson Deland Private · Army May 27, 1863 John Carroll Delaney Sergeant · Army February 6, 1865 HD Hiram Adolphus Delavie Sergeant · Army April 1, 1865 JD John Dempster Coxswain · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 JD John Henry Denig Sergeant · Marine Corps August 5, 1864 LD Lorenzo Denning Landsman · Navy October 27, 1864 RD Richard Dennis Boatswain's Mate · Navy August 5, 1864 WD William Densmore Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy August 5, 1864 CD Charles H. Depuy First Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864 Richard Willis Dewitt Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 Louis Palma di Cesnola Colonel · Army June 17, 1863 William Donaldson Dickey Captain · Army June 17, 1864 DD David Dickie Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 Bartholomew Diggins Ordinary Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 Hubert Dilger Captain · Army May 2, 1863 Michael A. Dillon Private · Army June 25, 1862 JD John Ditzenback Quartermaster · Navy December 6, 1864 WD Warren C. Dockum Private · Army April 6, 1865 RD Robert Fulton Dodd Private · Army July 30, 1864 ED Edward Edwin Dodds Sergeant · Army July 19, 1864 CD Charles W. Dolloff Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 JD John P. Donaldson Sergeant · Army April 9, 1865 JD John C. Donnelly Ordinary Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 TD Timothy Donoghue Private · Army December 13, 1862 PD Patrick H. Doody Corporal · Army June 7, 1864 WD William Doolen Coal Heaver · Navy August 5, 1864 GD George H. Dore Sergeant · Army July 3, 1863