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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 4 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
AD August Dorley Private · Army April 11, 1865 John Henry Dorman Seaman · Navy May 22, 1863 Daniel Allen Dorsey Corporal · Army April 1862 DD Decatur Dorsey Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864 Allan Houston Dougall First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army March 19, 1865 MD Michael Dougherty Private · Army October 12, 1863 PD Patrick Dougherty Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 GD George P. Dow Sergeant · Army October 1864 HD Henry Dow Boatswain's Mate · Navy May 27, 1863 WD William Downey Private · Army May 24, 1864 HD Henry W. Downs Sergeant · Army September 19, 1864 James Madison Drake Second Lieutenant · Army May 6, 1864 JD James Drury Sergeant · Army June 23, 1864 JD John Duffey Private · Army May 24, 1864 AD Adam Duncan Boatswain's Mate · Navy August 5, 1864 JD James K. l Duncan Ordinary Seaman · Navy March 2, 1864 James Dunlavy Private · Army October 25, 1864 WD William Dunn Quartermaster · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 JD James Dunne Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 Richard D. Dunphy Coal Heaver · Navy August 5, 1864 Henry Algernon du Pont Captain · Army October 19, 1864 JD James R. Durham Second Lieutenant · Army June 14, 1863 JD John S. Durham Sergeant · Army October 8, 1862 JE John N. Eckes Private · Army May 22, 1863 Samuel E. Eddy Private · Army April 6, 1865 NE Nathan Huntley Edgerton First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army September 29, 1864 DE David Edwards Private · Army April 1, 1865 JE John Edwards Captain of the Top · Navy August 5, 1864 Alexander Elliott Sergeant · Army April 5, 1865 Russell C. Elliott Sergeant · Army April 19, 1864 HE Horace Ellis Private · Army August 21, 1864 WE William Ellis First Sergeant · Army January 14, 1865 Thomas Foulds Ellsworth Captain · Army November 30, 1864 JE James M. Elson Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 AE Andrew Henry Embler Captain · Army October 27, 1864 Richard Enderlin Musician · Army July 1 - 3, 1863 JE James Edgar Engle Sergeant · Army May 18, 1864 EE Edmund English First Sergeant · Army May 6, 1864 TE Thomas English Signal Quartermaster · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 CE Charles D. Ennis Private · Army April 2, 1865 JE John P. Erickson Captain of the Forecastle · Navy February 22, 1865 Lewellyn Garrish Estes Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army August 30, 1864 CE Coron D. Evans Private · Army April 6, 1865 Ira Hobart Evans Captain · Army April 2, 1865 JE James Robert Evans Private · Army May 5, 1864 TE Thomas Evans Private · Army June 5, 1864 AE Adelbert Everson Private · Army April 1, 1865 JE John C. Ewing Private · Army April 2, 1865 JF John A. Falconer Corporal · Army November 20, 1863 CF Charles S. Fall Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 Thomas Timothy Fallon Private · Army June 14 - 15, 1864 Benjamin Frank Falls Color Sergeant · Army July 3, 1863 ✦ NF Nicholas Fanning Private · Army April 2, 1865 WF William Farley Boatswain's Mate · Navy December 25, 1863 Herbert E. Farnsworth Sergeant Major · Army June 11, 1864 John Mcgreath Farquhar Sergeant Major · Army December 31, 1862 Edward Farrell Quartermaster · Navy April 24, 1862 Charles H. Fasnacht Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 John Barclay Fassett Captain · Army July 2, 1863 Albert E. Fernald First Lieutenant · Army April 1, 1865 John H. Ferrell Pilot · Navy December 6, 1864 DF Daniel Tweed Ferrier Sergeant · Army May 9, 1864 Eugene W. Ferris First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army April 1, 1865 Frank E. Fesq Private · Army April 2, 1865 Henry S. Finkenbiner Private · Army April 9, 1865 JF John H. Fisher First Lieutenant · Army May 22, 1863 Joseph Fisher Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 TF Thomas Fitzpatrick Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 AF Augustin D. Flanagan Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 JF James Flannigan Private · Army February 15, 1863 Christian A. Fleetwood Sergeant Major · Army September 29, 1864 TF Thomas S. Flood Boy · Navy April 24 - 25, 1862 CF Christopher Flynn Corporal · Army July 3, 1863 James Edward Flynn Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 Joseph Leonard Follett Sergeant · Army December 31, 1862 Manning Ferguson Force Brigadier General · Army July 22, 1864 GF George W. Ford First Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1865 AF Alexander A. Forman Corporal · Army May 31, 1862 Frederick W. Fout Second Lieutenant · Army September 15, 1862 Henry Fox Sergeant · Army December 23, 1862 HF Henry M. Fox Sergeant · Army September 19, 1864 Nicholas Fox Private · Army June 14, 1863 WF William R. Fox Private · Army April 2, 1865 CF Charles H. Foy Signal Quartermaster · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 WF William J. Franks Seaman · Navy March 5, 1864 Joseph Frantz Private · Army May 22, 1863 William W. Fraser Private · Army May 22, 1863 Archibald Freeman Private · Army May 12, 1864 Henry Blanchard Freeman First Lieutenant · Army December 31, 1862 Martin Freeman 1st Class Pilot · Navy August 5, 1864 William Henry Freeman Private · Army January 15, 1865 Samuel S. French Private · Army May 31, 1862 Franz Frey Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 JF Jacob G. Frick Colonel · Army May 3, 1863 JF John B. Frisbee Gunner's Mate · Navy April 24, 1862 Henry F. Frizzell Private · Army May 22, 1863 Isaac N. Fry Orderly Sergeant · Marine Corps January 13 - 15, 1865 Frederick W. Fuger Sergeant · Army July 3, 1863 WF West Funk Major · Army April 9, 1865 Chester S. Furman Corporal · Army July 2, 1863 Frank Furness Captain · Army June 12, 1864 RG Richard J. Gage Private · Army July 2, 1863 GG George Norton Galloway Private · Army May 8, 1864 JG John Galloway Commissary Sergeant · Army April 7, 1865 James Gardiner Private · Army September 29, 1864 Charles N. Gardner Private · Army April 1, 1865 RG Robert J. Gardner Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 William Gardner Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 WG William Garrett Sergeant · Army December 16, 1864 JG James R. Garrison Coal Heaver · Navy August 5, 1864 William Garvin Captain of the Forecastle · Navy December 23, 1864 RG Richard Gasson Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 ✦ JG John C. Gaunt Private · Army November 30, 1864 Isaac Gause Corporal · Army September 13, 1864 LG Levi B. Gaylord Sergeant · Army March 25, 1865 Daniel Griffin George Ordinary Seaman · Navy October 27, 1864 Thomas Parke Gere First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army December 16, 1864 NG Nicholas Geschwind Captain · Army May 22, 1863 Wesley Gibbs Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 BG Benjamin Gifford Private · Army April 6, 1865