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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 5 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
David L. Gifford Private · Army May 24, 1864 FG Frank S. Gile Landsman · Navy November 16, 1863 George Lewis Gillespie Jr. First Lieutenant · Army May 31, 1864 Edward Lyons Gilligan First Sergeant · Army July 1, 1863 John Curtis Gilmore Major · Army May 3, 1863 PG Patrick J. Ginley Private · Army August 25, 1864 JG Joseph Gion Private · Army May 2, 1863 LG Leonidas Mahlon Godley First Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 Philip Goettel Private · Army November 27, 1863 CG Charles Arthur Goheen First Sergeant · Army March 2, 1865 Andrew E. Goldsbery Private · Army May 22, 1863 Francis Henry Goodall First Sergeant · Army December 13, 1862 WG William Ernest Goodman First Lieutenant · Army May 3, 1863 Edwin Goodrich First Lieutenant · Army November 1864 Charles Gilbert Gould Captain · Army April 2, 1865 Newton Thomas Gould Private · Army May 22, 1863 GG George Edward Gouraud Captain & Aide-de-Camp · Army November 30, 1864 Peter Grace Sergeant · Army May 5, 1864 RG Robert Graham Landsman · Navy October 31, 1864 Thomas N. Graham Second Lieutenant · Army November 25, 1863 Gabriel Grant Surgeon · Army June 1, 1862 Lewis Addison Grant Colonel · Army May 3, 1863 William L. Graul Corporal · Army September 29, 1864 JG John Gray Private · Army June 9, 1862 Robert A. Gray Sergeant · Army May 16, 1864 M. R. William Grebe Captain · Army August 31, 1864 George Green Corporal · Army November 25, 1863 Abraham Greenawalt Private · Army November 30, 1864 JG John Greene Captain of the Forecastle · Navy April 24, 1862 Oliver Duff Greene Major & Assistant Adjutant General · Army September 17, 1862 JG Joseph Olds Gregg Private · Army June 16, 1864 TG Theodore W. Greig Second Lieutenant · Army September 17, 1862 IG Ignatz Gresser Corporal · Army September 17, 1862 JG James H. Gribben First Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1865 JG John Griffiths Captain of the Forecastle · Navy January 15, 1865 SG Samuel Grimshaw Private · Army August 6, 1864 James G. Grindlay Colonel · Army April 1, 1865 LG Luke M. Griswold Ordinary Seaman · Navy December 30, 1862 GG George M. Grueb Private · Army September 29, 1864 Fitz W. Guerin Private · Army April 28 - 29, 1863 TG Thomas Guinn Private · Army May 22, 1863 Nathaniel Mcclean Gwynne Private · Army July 30, 1864 John Hack Private · Army May 3, 1863 Lester Goodel Hack Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 Cornelius Minor Hadley Sergeant · Army November 20, 1863 Osgood Towns Hadley Corporal · Army September 30, 1864 EH Edmund Haffee Quarter Gunner · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 AH Asel Hagerty Private · Army April 6, 1865 JH John H. Haight Sergeant · Army August 29, 1861 Sidney Haight Corporal · Army July 30, 1864 JH James Haley Captain of the Forecastle · Navy June 19, 1864 Francis Bloodgood Hall Chaplain · Army May 3, 1863 Henry Seymour Hall Second Lieutenant & Captain · Army November 7, 1863 NH Newton H. Hall Corporal · Army November 30, 1864 NH Nathan Mullock Hallock Private · Army June 15, 1863 WH William W. Halstead Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 MH Mark G. Ham Carpenter's Mate · Navy June 19, 1864 HH Hugh Hamilton Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 RH Richard Hamilton Coal Heaver · Navy October 27, 1864 TH Thomas W. Hamilton Quartermaster · Navy May 27, 1863 HH Henry A. Hammel Sergeant · Army April 28 - 29, 1863 AH Allexander Hand Quartermaster · Navy July 9, 1862 MH Milton Lorenzi Haney Regimental Chaplain · Army July 22, 1864 EH Edward R. Hanford Private · Army October 9, 1864 JH Joseph Hanks Private · Army May 22, 1863 Marcus A. Hanna Sergeant · Army July 4, 1863 MH Milton Hanna Corporal · Army February 15, 1863 MH Moses C. Hanscom Corporal · Army October 14, 1863 Douglas Hapeman Lieutenant Colonel · Army July 20, 1864 JH John H. Harbourne Private · Army June 17, 1864 TH Thomas Harcourt Ordinary Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 HH Henry M. Hardenbergh Private · Army August 16, 1864 ✦ TH Thomas Harding Captain of the Forecastle · Navy June 9, 1864 AH Abram Pye Haring First Lieutenant · Army February 1, 1864 Bernard Harley Ordinary Seaman · Navy October 27, 1864 AH Amzi Davis Harmon Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 DH Daniel C. Harrington Landsman · Navy March 11, 1862 Ephraim W. Harrington Sergeant · Army May 3, 1863 GH George W. Harris Private · Army May 12, 1864 James H. Harris Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 JH John Harris Captain of the Forecastle · Navy August 5, 1864 MH Moses Harris First Lieutenant · Army August 28, 1864 Sampson Harris Private · Army May 22, 1863 GH George H. Harrison Seaman · Navy June 19, 1864 JH John William Hart Sergeant · Army July 2, 1863 WH William E. Hart Private · Army August 1864 John Frederic Hartranft Colonel · Army July 21, 1861 HH Harry Harvey Corporal · Army March 2, 1865 FH Frank W. Haskell Sergeant Major · Army June 1, 1862 MH Marcus M. Haskell Sergeant · Army September 17, 1862 SH Smith H. Hastings Captain · Army July 24, 1863 John Porter Hatch Brigadier General · Army September 14, 1862 EH Edward W. Hathaway Seaman · Navy June 28, 1862 JH John H. Havron Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 CH Charles Hawkins Seaman · Navy December 23, 1864 GH Gardner C. Hawkins First Lieutenant · Army April 2, 1865 Martin Jones Hawkins Corporal · Army April 1862 Thomas R. Hawkins Sergeant Major · Army September 29, 1864 HH Harris Smith Hawthorne Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 JH Joseph B. Hayden Quartermaster · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 JH John Hayes Coxswain · Navy June 19, 1864 TH Thomas Hayes Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 AH Asbury F. Haynes Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 John Henry Hays Private · Army April 16, 1865 George Washington Healey Private · Army July 29, 1864 JH Joseph S. Hedges First Lieutenant · Army December 17, 1864 William Laing Heermance Captain · Army April 30, 1863 HH Henry Heller Sergeant · Army May 2, 1863 DH David H. Helms Private · Army May 22, 1863 Guy Vernor Henry Colonel · Army June 1, 1864 JH James Henry Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 William Wirt Henry Colonel · Army October 19, 1864 PH Pitt B. Herington Private · Army June 15, 1864 Francis Jay Herron Lieutenant Colonel · Army March 7, 1862 Francis Snow Hesseltine Lieutenant Colonel · Army December 30, 1863 Joseph C. Hibson Private · Army July 18, 1863 DH Dennis William Hickey Sergeant · Army June 29, 1864 JH John S. Hickman Second Class Fireman · Navy March 14, 1863 NH Nathan E. Hickok Corporal · Army September 29, 1864 CH Charles Higby Private · Army March 29 - April 9, 1865