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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 8 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name

WM William Martin Boatswain's Mate · Navy December 27, 1862

Elihu H. Mason Sergeant · Army April 1862

William Henry Mathews First Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864 JM John Calvin Matthews Corporal · Army April 2, 1865 MM Milton Matthews Private · Army April 2, 1865 HM Henry B. Mattingly Private · Army September 1, 1864

Charles Porter Mattocks Colonel · Army April 6, 1865

Lowell Mason Maxham Corporal · Army May 3, 1863 WM William C. May Private · Army December 16, 1864 JM John B. Mayberry Private · Army July 3, 1863 WM William B. Mayes Private · Army June 15, 1864

George Henry Maynard Private · Army December 13, 1862

Peter McAdams Corporal · Army May 3, 1863 BM Benjamin Franklin McAlwee Sergeant · Army July 30, 1864

Charles McAnally Second Lieutenant · Army May 12, 1864

William Wallace McCammon First Lieutenant · Army October 3, 1862 BM Bernard McCarren Private · Army July 3, 1863 JM Joseph McCauslin Private · Army April 2, 1865

Charles H. McCleary First Lieutenant · Army December 16, 1864 JM James M. McClelland Private · Army May 22, 1863 MM Matthew McClelland First Class Fireman · Navy March 14, 1863 SM Samuel McConnell Captain · Army April 9, 1865 MM Michael McCormick Boatswain's Mate · Navy May 5, 1864 AM Andrew McCornack Private · Army May 22, 1863 AM Adam McCullock Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 ✦ GM George E. McDonald Private · Army March 25, 1865 JM John McDonald Boatswain's Mate · Navy December 23 - 27, 1862 JM John Wade McDonald Private · Army April 6, 1862 SM Samuel O. McElhinny Private · Army April 6, 1865 PM Patrick H. McEnroe Sergeant · Army September 19, 1864 DM Daniel Robert McFall Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 JM John C. McFarland Captain of the Forecastle · Navy August 5, 1864 EM Edward McGinn Private · Army May 22, 1863 WM Wilson McGonagle Private · Army May 22, 1863 AM Andrew Jackson McGonnigle Captain & Assistant Quartermaster · Army October 19, 1864 OM Owen McGough Corporal · Army July 21, 1861 JM John McGowan Quartermaster · Navy April 24, 1862 TM Thomas McGraw Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 PM Patrick McGuire Private · Army May 22, 1863 AM Alexander U. McHale Corporal · Army May 12, 1864 MM Martin McHugh Seaman · Navy May 27, 1863 JM James McIntosh Captain of the Top · Navy August 5, 1864 CM Charles W. McKay Sergeant · Army May 8, 1864 GM George McKee Color Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865

Nineveh S. McKeen First Lieutenant · Army June 25, 1863 MM Michael McKeever Private · Army January 19, 1863 WM William McKnight Coxswain · Navy April 24, 1862 NM Nathaniel A. McKown Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 JM James McLeod Captain of the Foretop · Navy April 24 - 25, 1862

Martin Thomas McMahon Captain & Aide-de-Camp · Army June 30, 1862 FM Francis M. McMillen Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865 JM John P. McVeane Corporal · Army May 4, 1863 ✦ WM Walter F. McWhorter Commissary Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 GM George Washington McWilliams Landsman · Navy December 24, 1864 GM George E. Meach Farrier · Army September 19, 1864 TM Thomas Meagher First Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864

George W. Mears Sergeant · Army July 2, 1863 CM Charles Melville Ordinary Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 JM John William Menter Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865

Henry Clay Merriam Lieutenant Colonel · Army April 9, 1865 JM James K. Merrifield Corporal · Army November 30, 1864 AM Augustus Merrill Captain · Army April 2, 1865 GM George Merrill Private · Army January 15, 1865 JM John G. Merritt Sergeant · Army July 21, 1861 HM Henry Coddington Meyer Captain · Army June 17, 1864 JM James Mifflin Engineer's Cook · Navy August 5, 1864

Nelson Appleton Miles Colonel · Army May 2 - 3, 1863 AM Andrew Miller Sergeant · Marine Corps August 5, 1864 FM Frank Miller Private · Army April 6, 1865 HM Henry August Miller Captain · Army April 9, 1865 JM Jacob C. Miller Private · Army May 22, 1863 JM James Miller Quartermaster · Navy December 25, 1863

James P. Miller Private · Army April 2, 1865 JM John G. Miller Corporal · Army July 3, 1863 JM John Miller Private · Army March 2, 1865

William Edward Miller Captain · Army July 3, 1863 DM Daniel Milliken Quarter Gunner · Navy January 13 - 15, 1865 CM Charles Mills Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 FM Frank W. Mills Sergeant · Army September 4, 1862 GM George Washington Mindil Captain · Army May 5, 1862 AM Alexander H. Mitchell First Lieutenant · Army May 12, 1864 TM Theodore Mitchell Private · Army April 2, 1865

John Henry Moffitt Corporal · Army June 27, 1862 AM Archibald Molbone Sergeant · Army April 2, 1865

Hugh Molloy Ordinary Seaman · Navy March 2, 1864 PM Patrick H. Monaghan Corporal · Army June 17, 1864 RM Robert William Montgomery Captain of the Afterguard · Navy December 23, 1864 CM Charles Moore Seaman · Navy June 19, 1864 CM Charles Moore Landsman · Navy December 25, 1863 DM Daniel B. Moore Corporal · Army April 9, 1865 GM George G. Moore Private · Army September 22, 1864 GM George Moore Seaman · Navy December 30, 1862 WM Wilbur F. Moore Private · Army December 16, 1864 WM William Moore Boatswain's Mate · Navy December 27, 1862 DM Delano Morey Private · Army May 8, 1862 JM Jerome Morford Private · Army May 22, 1863 JM James H. Morgan Captain of the Top · Navy August 5, 1864 LM Lewis Morgan Private · Army May 12, 1864 ✦ RM Richard H. Morgan Corporal · Army April 16, 1865

Walter Goodale Morrill Captain · Army November 7, 1863 WM William Powers Morris Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865

Francis Morrison Private · Army June 17, 1864 JM John G. Morrison Coxswain · Navy July 15, 1862 BM Benjamin Morse Private · Army May 12, 1864

Charles E. Morse Sergeant · Army May 5, 1864 CM Charles W. Morton Boatswain's Mate · Navy December 23 - 27, 1863 JM John William Mostoller Private · Army June 18, 1864

St. Clair Agustin Mulholland Major · Army May 4 - 5, 1863 PM Patrick Mullen Boatswain's Mate · Navy March 17, 1865 WM Walter L. Mundell Corporal · Army April 6, 1865

Harvey May Munsell Sergeant · Army July 1 - 3, 1863 CM Charles Joseph Murphy First Lieutenant & Quartermaster · Army July 21, 1861 DM Daniel J. Murphy Sergeant · Army October 27, 1864 DM Dennis J. f Murphy Sergeant · Army October 3, 1862 JM James T. Murphy Private · Army March 25, 1865 JM John P. Murphy Private · Army September 17, 1862 MM Michael C. Murphy Lieutenant Colonel · Army May 24, 1864

Patrick Murphy Boatswain's Mate · Navy August 5, 1864 RM Robinson Barr Murphy Musician · Army July 28, 1864 TM Thomas C. Murphy Corporal · Army May 22, 1863