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Richard H. Morgan

Corporal Richard H. Morgan, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on April 16, 1865 in Columbus, Georgia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War April 16, 1865

Corporal Richard H. Morgan, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on April 16, 1865 in Columbus, Georgia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company A, 4th Iowa Cavalry. Morgan was 25 years old.

6 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on June 17, 1865.

Morgan was born on April 2, 1840 in Dubois County, Indiana. His Medal of Honor is credited to Taylor, Freemont County, Iowa. Morgan died on December 19, 1915 in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 75. He is buried at Memory Cemetery in New Market, Iowa.

Morgan is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 55 credited to Iowa.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of flag inside the enemy's works, contesting for its possession with its bearer.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. April 2, 1840
    Born in Dubois County, Indiana
  2. April 16, 1865
    Act of valor — Columbus, Georgia
    Age 25. Company A, 4th Iowa Cavalry
  3. June 17, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. December 19, 1915
    Died in Omaha, Nebraska
    Age 75.
  5. Resting place
    Memory Cemetery
    New Market, Iowa

Further reading

Also honored for actions on April 16, 1865

Norman Francis Bates Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Edward James Bebb Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Horatio L. Birdsall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Richard H. Cosgriff Private · Army Civil War · 1865 John Henry Hays Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AT Andrew W. Tibbets Private · Army Civil War · 1865

More Civil War recipients from Iowa

LG Leonidas Mahlon Godley First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 James Dunlavy Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JH James Hill First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 CS Charles Alexander Swan Private · Army Civil War · 1865 James Kephart Private · Army Civil War · 1863 AS Andrew Jackson Sloan Private · Army Civil War · 1864
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.