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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 6 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
Thomas J. Higgins Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 PH Patrick Highland Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 Edward Hill Captain · Army June 1, 1864 HH Henry Hill Corporal · Army May 6, 1864 JH James Hill First Lieutenant · Army May 16, 1863 JH James Samuel Hill Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864 ✦ BH Benjamin F. Hilliker Musician · Army June 4, 1863 William Giles Hills Private · Army September 26, 1864 AH Alfred B. Hilton Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 ✦ William B. Hincks Sergeant Major · Army July 3, 1863 WH William Hinnegan Second Class Fireman · Navy December 23, 1864 AH Addison J. Hodges Private · Army May 3, 1863 Henry Hoffman Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 Thomas W. Hoffman Captain · Army April 2, 1865 FH Franklin Hogan Corporal · Army July 30, 1864 William P. Hogarty Private · Army December 13, 1862 DH Daniel Irving Holcomb Private · Army December 16, 1864 JH James Holehouse Private · Army May 3, 1863 LH Lemuel F. Holland Corporal · Army July 2, 1863 Milton Murray Holland Sergeant Major · Army September 29, 1864 GH George Hollat Third Class Boy · Navy April 24, 1862 LH Lovilo N. Holmes First Sergeant · Army February 15, 1863 WH William T. Holmes Private · Army April 6, 1865 CH Charles Maynard Holton First Sergeant · Army July 14, 1863 EH Edward A. Holton First Sergeant · Army April 16, 1862 CH Conrad Homan Color Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864 GH George White Hooker First Lieutenant · Army September 14, 1862 WH William B. Hooper Corporal · Army March 31, 1865 CH Charles F. Hopkins Corporal · Army June 27, 1862 TH Thomas Horan Sergeant · Army July 2, 1863 SH Samuel Belton Horne Captain · Army September 29, 1864 William H. Horsfall Drummer · Army May 21, 1862 JH James Horton Gunner's Mate · Navy September 21, 1864 Lewis Augustine Horton Seaman · Navy December 30, 1862 Solomon J. Hottenstine Private · Army August 19, 1864 IH Ira Hough Private · Army October 19, 1864 CH Charles H. Houghton Captain · Army March 25, 1865 EH Edward J. Houghton Ordinary Seaman · Navy October 27, 1864 GH George L. Houghton Private · Army July 2, 1863 William M. Houlton Commissary Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 HH Henderson Calvin Howard Corporal · Army June 30, 1862 Hiram Reese Howard Private · Army November 25, 1863 JH James Howard Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 MH Martin Howard Landsman · Navy October 31, 1864 Oliver Otis Howard Brigadier General · Army June 1, 1862 PH Peter Howard Boatswain's Mate · Navy March 14, 1863 Squire Edward Howard First Sergeant · Army January 14, 1863 Orion P. Howe Musician · Army May 19, 1863 WH William H. Howe Sergeant · Army March 25, 1865 WH William Stone Hubbell Captain · Army September 30, 1864 AH Aaron R. Hudson Private · Army April 1865 MH Michael Hudson Sergeant · Marine Corps August 5, 1864 OH Oliver Hughes Corporal · Army February 20, 1865 JH John P. Hughey Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 Henry Shippen Huidekoper Lieutenant Colonel · Army July 1, 1863 LH Louis T. Hunt Private · Army May 22, 1863 CH Charles Adams Hunter Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 JH John C. Hunterson Private · Army June 5, 1862 MH Michael Huskey Fireman · Navy March 1863 TH Theodore Hyatt First Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 Thomas Worcester Hyde Major · Army September 17, 1862 JH John Hyland Seaman · Navy May 5, 1864 SH Samuel Hymer Captain · Army October 13, 1864 CI Charles Henry Ilgenfritz Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 Lorenzo Dow Immell Corporal · Army August 10, 1861 LI Lewis J. Ingalls Private · Army September 4, 1862 Leonidas H. Inscho Corporal · Army September 14, 1862 JI Joseph Irlam Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 Francis Irsch Captain · Army July 1, 1863 JI John Irving Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 TI Thomas Irving Coxswain · Navy November 16, 1863 NI Nicholas Irwin Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 Patrick Irwin First Sergeant · Army September 1, 1864 Frederick Randolph Jackson First Sergeant · Army June 16, 1862 EJ Eugene Philip Jacobson Sergeant Major · Army May 2, 1863 IJ Isaac James Private · Army April 2, 1865 JJ John H. James Captain of the Top · Navy August 5, 1864 MJ Miles James Corporal · Army September 30, 1864 WJ Walter Jamieson First Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 James Jardine Sergeant · Army May 22, 1863 Benjamin H. Jellison Sergeant · Army July 3, 1863 TJ Thomas Jenkins Seaman · Navy May 27, 1863 JJ James T. Jennings Private · Army August 20, 1864 EJ Erastus W. Jewett First Lieutenant · Army February 2, 1864 WJ William F. John Private · Army May 22, 1863 FJ Franklin Johndro Private · Army September 30, 1864 Elisha Johns Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 HJ Henry T. Johns Private · Army May 27, 1863 Andrew Johnson Private · Army May 22, 1863 FJ Follett Johnson Corporal · Army May 27, 1864 HJ Henry Johnson Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 John Johnson Private · Army December 13, 1862 JJ Joseph Esrey Johnson First Lieutenant · Army September 29, 1864 RJ Ruel M. Johnson Major · Army November 25, 1863 SJ Samuel Johnson Private · Army September 17, 1862 WJ Wallace W. Johnson Sergeant · Army July 2, 1863 DJ David H. Johnston Private · Army May 22, 1863 WJ William P. Johnston Landsman · Navy March 2, 1864 WJ William "Willie" Johnston Musician · Army July 5, 1862 AJ Andrew Jones Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy August 5, 1864 DJ David Jones Private · Army May 22, 1863 JJ John E. Jones Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 JJ John Jones Landsman · Navy December 30, 1862 TJ Thomas Jones Coxswain · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 WJ William Jones Captain of the Top · Navy August 5, 1864 WJ William Jones First Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 ✦ Absalom Jordan Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 RJ Robert Jordan Coxswain · Navy April 14, 1863 TJ Thomas H. Jordan Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 SJ Simeon T. Josselyn First Lieutenant · Army November 25, 1863 FJ Francis W. Judge First Sergeant · Army November 29, 1863 JK John Kaiser First Sergeant · Army June 27, 1862 LK Luther Kaltenbach Corporal · Army December 16, 1864 JK John Kane Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 TK Thomas Kane Captain of the Hold · Navy January 15, 1865 Peter Kappesser Private · Army November 24, 1863 Leopold Karpeles Sergeant · Army May 6, 1864 AK August Kauss Corporal · Army April 1, 1865 Joseph Keele Sergeant Major · Army May 23, 1864 Joseph S. Keen Sergeant · Army October 1, 1864