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May 5: Medal of Honor Actions

22 Medal of Honors earned on May 5 between 1862 and 1871.

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May 5, 1862

Civil War · Williamsburg, Virginia · 3 recipients

MC Martin Conboy First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 JC John Nicholas Coyne Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 GM George Washington Mindil Captain · Army Civil War · 1862

May 5, 1864

Civil War · Wilderness Campaign, Virginia · 14 recipients

CA Charles Asten Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864

Abram J. Buckles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 GB George Butts Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 JE James Robert Evans Private · Army Civil War · 1864

Peter Grace Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JH John Hyland Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 MM Michael McCormick Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864

Charles E. Morse Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 TO Timothy O'Donoghue Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JO John N. Opel Private · Army Civil War · 1864

John Henry Patterson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864

Carlos H. Rich First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864

Jacob E. Swap Private · Army Civil War · 1864 PW Perry Wilkes Pilot · Navy Civil War · 1864

May 5, 1871

Indian Campaigns · Whetstone Mountains, Arizona Territory · 5 recipients

HF Hermann Emil Fichter Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JK John Kilmartin Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 DM Daniel H. Miller Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JM John Mott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JY John P. Yount Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871