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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 9 of 13

1,525 total, A–Z by last name
TM Thomas J. Murphy First Sergeant · Army April 1, 1865 TM Thomas Murphy Corporal · Army September 30, 1864 GM George S. Myers Private · Army September 19, 1863 WM William H. Myers Private · Army April 9, 1865 HN Henry H. Nash Corporal · Army May 3, 1863 DN David Johnson Naylor Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 ZN Zachariah C. Neahr Private · Army January 15, 1865 JN John Neil Quarter Gunner · Navy December 23, 1864 EN Edwin Michael Neville Captain · Army April 6, 1865 William D. Newland Ordinary Seaman · Navy August 5, 1864 MN Marcellus J. Newman Private · Army May 14, 1864 WN William Henry Newman Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1865 JN John H. Nibbe Quartermaster · Navy April 22, 1864 HN Henry Clay Nichols Captain · Army April 9, 1865 WN William Nichols Quartermaster · Navy August 5, 1864 Robert Niven Second Lieutenant · Army March 2, 1865 DN Daniel Noble Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 JN John J. Nolan Sergeant · Army October 27, 1862 Conrad Noll Sergeant · Army May 12, 1864 JN Jasper N. North Private · Army May 22, 1863 EN Elliott Malloy Norton Second Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1865 JN John R. Norton Second Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1865 LN Llewellyn Powell Norton Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 WN William W. Noyes Private · Army May 12, 1864 CN Christopher Nugent Orderly Sergeant · Marine Corps June 15, 1863 LN Lee Nutting Captain · Army May 8, 1864 JO James Rowan O'Beirne Captain · Army June 1, 1862 Henry D. O'Brien Corporal · Army July 3, 1863 OO Oliver Albert O'Brien Coxswain · Navy November 28, 1864 PO Peter O'Brien Private · Army March 2, 1865 TO Thomas O'Connell Coal Heaver · Navy August 5, 1864 Albert O'Connor Sergeant · Army April 1, 1865 TO Timothy O'Connor Private · Army July 28, 1864 John O'Dea Private · Army May 22, 1863 Menomen O'Donnell First Lieutenant · Army March 14, 1864 TO Timothy O'Donoghue Seaman · Navy May 5, 1864 SO Stephen O'Neill Corporal · Army May 1, 1863 CO Charles Oliver Sergeant · Army March 25, 1865 PO Paul Ambrose Oliver Captain · Army May 15, 1864 JO John N. Opel Private · Army May 5, 1864 David Orbansky Private · Army 1862 CO Charles Alvin Orr Private · Army October 27, 1864 RO Robert Levan Orr Major · Army April 2, 1865 John Ortega Seaman · Navy JO Jacob George Orth Corporal · Army September 17, 1862 WO William Henry Osborne Private · Army July 1, 1862 AO Albert Oss Private · Army May 3, 1863 JO Jacob H. Overturf Private · Army May 22, 1863 Miles M. Oviatt Corporal · Marine Corps August 5, 1864 LP Loron F. Packard Private · Army November 27, 1863 George Henry Palmer Musician · Army September 20, 1861 JP John Gideon Palmer Corporal · Army December 13, 1862 William Jackson Palmer Colonel · Army January 14, 1865 TP Thomas Parker Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 WP William Parker Captain of the Afterguard · Navy April 24 - 25, 1862 GP George Parks Captain of the Forecastle · Navy August 5, 1864 Henry Jeremiah Parks Private · Army October 19, 1864 JP James W. Parks Corporal · Army December 16, 1864 Jacob Parrott Private · Army April 5, 1862 JP Joel Parsons Private · Army May 22, 1863 John Henry Patterson First Lieutenant · Army May 5, 1864 JP John T. Patterson Principal Musician · Army June 14, 1863 WP William H. Paul Private · Army September 17, 1862 BP Byron E. Pay Private · Army February 15, 1863 IP Irvin C. Payne Corporal · Army April 6, 1865 TP Thomas H. l Payne First Lieutenant · Army April 9, 1865 PP Platt Pearsall Corporal · Army May 22, 1863 Alfred L. Pearson Colonel · Army March 29, 1865 Joachim Pease Seaman · Navy June 19, 1864 CP Cassius Peck Private · Army September 19, 1862 OP Oscar E. Peck Second Class Boy · Navy April 24, 1862 Theodore Safford Peck First Lieutenant · Army February 2, 1864 JP James Kastor Peirsol Sergeant · Army April 5, 1865 WP William Pelham Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 Galusha Pennypacker Colonel · Army January 15, 1865 Patrick Henry Pentzer Captain · Army April 9, 1865 TP Thomas Perry Boatswain's Mate · Navy June 19, 1864 JP Joseph M. Pesch Private · Army April 28 - 29, 1863 HP Henry Carlton Peters Private · Army May 3, 1863 AP Alfred Peterson Seaman · Navy October 3, 1862 Philip Petty Sergeant · Army December 13, 1862 Charles Edward Phelps Colonel · Army May 8, 1864 JP Josiah Phillips Private · Army April 2, 1865 WP William Phinney Boatswain's Mate · Navy August 5, 1864 Frederick Phisterer First Lieutenant · Army December 31, 1862 Alonzo H. Pickle Sergeant · Army August 14, 1864 EP Edward M. Pike First Sergeant · Army July 7, 1862 Samuel E. Pingree Captain · Army April 16, 1862 Charles H. Pinkham Sergeant Major · Army March 25, 1865 Robert A. Pinn First Sergeant · Army September 29, 1864 James Milton Pipes Captain · Army August 25, 1864 George J. Pitman Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 William Pittinger Sergeant · Army April 1862 HP Henry E. Plant Corporal · Army March 19, 1865 GP George Crawford Platt Private · Army July 3, 1863 WP William Plimley First Lieutenant · Army April 2, 1865 George H. Plowman Sergeant Major · Army June 17, 1864 Thomas Plunkett Sergeant · Army December 11, 1862 GP George F. Pond Private · Army May 15, 1864 James Burton Pond First Lieutenant · Army October 6, 1863 WP William B. Poole Quartermaster · Navy June 19, 1864 AP Ambrose Porter Commissary Sergeant · Army August 7, 1864 Horace Porter Captain · Army September 20, 1863 John Reed Porter Private · Army April 1862 WP William Porter Sergeant · Army April 6, 1865 Philip Sidney Post Colonel · Army December 15 - 16, 1864 James Parke Postles Captain · Army July 2, 1863 GP George W. Potter Private · Army April 2, 1865 NP Norman F. Potter First Sergeant · Army November 24, 1863 William Henry Powell Major · Army November 26, 1862 AP Albert Power Private · Army March 7, 1862 WP Wesley James Powers Corporal · Army April 3, 1865 GP George Prance Captain of the Main Top · Navy December 24, 1864 JP Joseph Rollin Prentice Private · Army December 31, 1862 JP John Preston Landsman · Navy August 5, 1864 NP Noble Delance Preston First Lieutenant & Commissary · Army June 11, 1864 EP Edward Price Coxswain · Navy August 5, 1864 GP George Province Ordinary Seaman · Navy January 15, 1865 HP Hiram W. Purcell Sergeant · Army May 31, 1862 James Jackson Purman Lieutenant · Army July 2, 1863