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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 7 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
JK Joseph Keene Private · Army December 13, 1862 Andrew John Kelley Private · Army November 20, 1863 George V. Kelley Captain · Army November 30, 1864 JK John Kelley Second Class Fireman · Navy July 9, 1862 Leverett Mansfield Kelley Sergeant · Army November 25, 1863 Alexander Kelly First Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 DK Daniel Armer Kelly Sergeant · Army March 26, 1865 TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army August 16, 1864 Joseph Bell Kemp First Sergeant · Army May 6, 1864 WK William Wesley Kendall First Sergeant · Army May 17, 1863 TK Thomas Kendrick Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 BK Barnett Kenna Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 JK John Kennedy Private · Army June 11, 1864 CK Charles W. Kenyon Fireman · Navy May 15, 1862 John Snyders Kenyon Sergeant · Army May 15, 1862 SK Samuel P. Kenyon Private · Army April 6, 1865 JK John Keough Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 James Kephart Private · Army May 19, 1863 Thomas R. Kerr Captain · Army August 7, 1864 John Kiggins Sergeant · Army November 24, 1863 JK Joseph Kimball Private · Army April 6, 1865 JK John M. Kindig Corporal · Army May 12, 1864 Horatio Collins King Major & Quartermaster · Army March 31, 1865 Robert Henry King Landsman · Navy October 27, 1864 Rufus King Jr. First Lieutenant · Army June 30, 1862 Samuel W. Kinnaird Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 JK John Kinsey Corporal · Army May 18, 1864 Dennis Thomas Kirby Major · Army May 22, 1863 JK Jonathan C. Kirk Captain · Army May 23, 1864 HK Harry Kline Private · Army April 6, 1865 CK Charles H. Kloth Private · Army May 22, 1863 Charles H. Knight Corporal · Army July 30, 1864 William J. Knight Private · Army April 1862 Abiather J. Knowles Private · Army July 21, 1861 Edward M. Knox Second Lieutenant · Army July 2, 1863 Jacob Koogle First Lieutenant · Army April 1, 1865 John S. Kountz Musician · Army November 25, 1863 TK Theodore L. Kramer Private · Army September 29, 1864 George Kretsinger Private · Army May 22, 1863 Andrew Kuder Second Lieutenant · Army March 2, 1865 JK Jeremiah Kuder Lieutenant · Army September 1, 1864 Joseph S. Labill Private · Army May 22, 1863 GL George Ladd Private · Army March 2, 1865 JL John Lafferty Fireman · Navy May 25, 1864 BL Bartlett Laffey Seaman · Navy March 5, 1864 WL William Laing Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 ✦ DL Daniel Lakin Seaman · Navy October 3, 1862 JL James Parker Landis Chief Bugler · Army April 5, 1865 ML Morgan D. Lane Private · Army April 6, 1865 Aaron Steven Lanfare First Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1865 Johann Christoph julius Langbein Musician · Army April 19, 1862 JL John S. Lann Landsman · Navy March 5 - 6, 1865 SL Smith Larimer Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 JL James W. Larrabee Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 Gaines Lawson First Sergeant · Army October 3, 1863 John Henry Lawson Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 Henry Ware Lawton Captain · Army August 3, 1864 NL Nicholas Lear Quartermaster · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 JL James H. Lee Seaman · Navy June 19, 1864 GL George W. Leland Gunner's Mate · Navy November 16, 1863 PL Pierre Leon Captain of the Forecastle · Navy December 23 - 27, 1862 EL Edwin Leonard Sergeant · Army June 18, 1864 WL William Edman Leonard Private · Army August 16, 1864 FL Frank Leslie Private · Army August 15, 1864 Benjamin Bennett Levy Private · Army June 30, 1862 Dewitt Clinton Lewis Captain · Army June 16, 1862 HL Henry Lewis Corporal · Army May 3, 1863 Samuel E. Lewis Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 AL Adolph Libaire Captain · Army September 17, 1862 JL John Lilley Private · Army April 2, 1865 Henry F. w Little Sergeant · Army September 1864 GL George H. Littlefield Corporal · Army March 25, 1865 Josiah O. Livingston First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army February 2, 1864 BL Benjamin Lloyd Coal Heaver · Navy May 25, 1864 JL John W. Lloyd Coxswain · Navy May 25, 1864 Lewis Locke Private · Army April 5, 1865 HL Hugh Logan Captain of the Afterguard · Navy December 30, 1862 John Lonergan Captain · Army July 2, 1863 WL William Henry Longshore Private · Army May 22, 1863 JL Joseph Lonsway Private · Army October 16, 1864 William Lord Musician · Army May 16, 1864 Andrew Jackson Lorish Commissary Sergeant · Army September 19, 1864 George Maltby Love Colonel · Army George Mason Lovering First Sergeant · Army June 14, 1863 CL Cyrus B. Lower Private · Army May 7, 1864 Robert A. Lower Private · Army May 22, 1863 GL George A. Loyd Private · Army April 2, 1865 GL George Washington Lucas Private · Army July 25, 1864 Moses Augustine Luce Sergeant · Army May 10, 1864 William Ludgate Captain · Army April 7, 1865 CL Carl Ludwig Private · Army June 18, 1864 Alphonso M. Lunt Sergeant · Army September 19, 1864 FL Franklin W. Lutes Corporal · Army March 31, 1865 JL James Hezikiah Luther Private · Army May 3, 1863 Gotlieb Luty Corporal · Army May 3, 1863 Joel Huntington Lyman Quartermaster Sergeant · Army September 19, 1864 Frederick A. Lyon Corporal · Army October 19, 1864 TL Thomas G. Lyons Seaman · Navy April 24, 1862 Arthur MacArthur Jr. First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army November 25, 1863 JM James MacHon Boy · Navy August 5, 1864 AM Alexander Mack Captain of the Top · Navy August 5, 1864 JM John Mack Seaman · Navy March 5 - 6, 1865 John Freeman Mackie Corporal · Marine Corps May 15, 1862 MM Michael Madden Private · Army September 3, 1861 WM William Madden Coal Heaver · Navy August 5, 1864 JM James Madison Sergeant · Army March 2, 1865 WM William Magee Drummer · Army December 5, 1864 JM Jeremiah Mahoney First Sergeant · Army November 29, 1863 HM Harry J. Mandy First Sergeant · Army August 15, 1864 RM Richard Christopher Mangam Private · Army April 2, 1865 Joseph S. Manning Private · Army November 29, 1863 William Marland First Lieutenant · Army November 3, 1863 Charles D. Marquette Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 Albert Marsh Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 Charles H. Marsh Private · Army July 31, 1864 GM George Marsh Sergeant · Army July 2, 1863 EM Edward S. Martin Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 JM James Martin Sergeant · Marine Corps August 5, 1864 Sylvester Hopkins Martin Lieutenant · Army August 19, 1864 WM William Martin Seaman · Navy April 24, 1862