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December 13: Medal of Honor Actions

18 Medal of Honors earned on December 13 between 1862 and 1862.

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National Guard Birthday: The Guard traces its roots to the first militia regiments organized in Massachusetts on December 13, 1636.

December 13, 1862

Civil War · Fredericksburg, Virginia · 18 recipients

JA John Gregory bishop Adams Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 WB Wallace A. Beckwith Private · Army Civil War · 1862

Zenas Randall Bliss Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 JC Jacob Cart Private · Army Civil War · 1862

Charles Henry tucky Collis Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 CC Charles Dearborn Copp Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 TD Timothy Donoghue Private · Army Civil War · 1862

Francis Henry Goodall First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862

William P. Hogarty Private · Army Civil War · 1862

John Johnson Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JK Joseph Keene Private · Army Civil War · 1862

George Henry Maynard Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JP John Gideon Palmer Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862

Philip Petty Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862

Matthew Stanley Quay Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862

Martin Schubert Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JS John Shiel Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 EW Evan M. Woodward First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1862