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Acts of valor

Flags & Colors

Capturing an enemy flag, rescuing or carrying the colors under fire — the defining act of 19th-century battlefield courage.

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A–Z by last name
WF William R. Fox Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Archibald Freeman Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JF Jacob G. Frick Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 WF West Funk Major · Army Civil War · 1865 Charles N. Gardner Private · Army Civil War · 1865 WG William Garrett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JG John C. Gaunt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Isaac Gause Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas Parke Gere First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1864 Wesley Gibbs Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 BG Benjamin Gifford Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Edward Lyons Gilligan First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 John Curtis Gilmore Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Philip Goettel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 CG Charles Arthur Goheen First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 WG William Ernest Goodman First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Thomas N. Graham Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 George Green Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JG James H. Gribben First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 James G. Grindlay Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 Lester Goodel Hack Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Osgood Towns Hadley Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 AH Asel Hagerty Private · Army Civil War · 1865 NH Newton H. Hall Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 EH Edward R. Hanford Private · Army Civil War · 1864 MH Moses C. Hanscom Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JH John H. Harbourne Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HH Henry M. Hardenbergh Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ AH Amzi Davis Harmon Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Ephraim W. Harrington Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 GH George W. Harris Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HH Harry Harvey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 CH Cyrus Hayden Carpenter · Navy Korea 1871 · 1871 AH Asbury F. Haynes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 John Henry Hays Private · Army Civil War · 1865 NH Nathan E. Hickok Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 CH Charles Higby Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas J. Higgins Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 PH Patrick Highland Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JH James Samuel Hill Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ AH Alfred B. Hilton Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ William B. Hincks Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Henry Hoffman Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 FH Franklin Hogan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 DH Daniel Irving Holcomb Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WH William T. Holmes Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CH Charles Maynard Holton First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 EH Edward A. Holton First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 WH William B. Hooper Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 TH Thomas Horan Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Solomon J. Hottenstine Private · Army Civil War · 1864 IH Ira Hough Private · Army Civil War · 1864 William M. Houlton Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Hiram Reese Howard Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JH James Howard Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 AH Aaron R. Hudson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 OH Oliver Hughes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JH John P. Hughey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 CI Charles Henry Ilgenfritz Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 IJ Isaac James Private · Army Civil War · 1865 WJ Walter Jamieson First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Benjamin H. Jellison Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JJ James T. Jennings Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WJ William Jones First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ Absalom Jordan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 SJ Simeon T. Josselyn First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 FJ Francis W. Judge First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 LK Luther Kaltenbach Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 JK John Kane Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Peter Kappesser Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Leopold Karpeles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 AK August Kauss Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JK Joseph Keene Private · Army Civil War · 1862 George V. Kelley Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Alexander Kelly First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 DK Daniel Armer Kelly Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Joseph Bell Kemp First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 SK Samuel P. Kenyon Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JK John Keough Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas R. Kerr Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JK Joseph Kimball Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JK John M. Kindig Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 JK John Kinsey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Dennis Thomas Kirby Major · Army Civil War · 1863 HK Harry Kline Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Jacob Koogle First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Andrew Kuder Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 JK Jeremiah Kuder Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 GL George Ladd Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JL James Parker Landis Chief Bugler · Army Civil War · 1865 ML Morgan D. Lane Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Aaron Steven Lanfare First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 SL Smith Larimer Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 WL William Edman Leonard Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FL Frank Leslie Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Benjamin Bennett Levy Private · Army Civil War · 1862 AL Adolph Libaire Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 JL John Lilley Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Lewis Locke Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Andrew Jackson Lorish Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 George Maltby Love Colonel · Army Civil War Alphonso M. Lunt Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 FL Franklin W. Lutes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Joel Huntington Lyman Quartermaster Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Frederick A. Lyon Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Arthur MacArthur Jr. First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1863 JM Jeremiah Mahoney First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 HM Harry J. Mandy First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RM Richard Christopher Mangam Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Joseph S. Manning Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Charles D. Marquette Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Albert Marsh Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 MM Milton Matthews Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HM Henry B. Mattingly Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JM John B. Mayberry Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Charles McAnally Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 BM Bernard McCarren Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JM Joseph McCauslin Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Charles H. McCleary First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864