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For example, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton promised a Medal of Honor to every man in the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who extended his enlistment. 311 accepted, but because there was no official list of their names, the War Department issued 864 - one for each man in the unit. In 1916, a board consisting of five retired generals ...
Following the end of the War of 1812, and consistent with the reduction in force of the Regular Army, the original 4th Infantry Regiment was consolidated on May–October 1815 with the 9th and 13th Infantry (both constituted 11 January 1812), the 21st Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812), the 40th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813), and the ...
Medal of Honor winner: Ira Hough: Army: Private: Company E, 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia: Oct 19, 1864: Capture of flag. Medal of Honor winner: Charles H. Houghton: Army: Captain: Company L, 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Battle of the Crater and Battle of Fort Stedman, Petersburg, Virginia: Jul 30 ...
Sergeant William Bumgarner (July 12, 1837 – December 24, 1911) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Bumgarner received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 22 May 1863. [1] He was honored with the award on 10 July 1894. [2] [3] [4]
This is a list of Florida Confederate Civil War units. The list of Florida Union Civil War units is shown separately. Infantry ... 4th Florida Infantry Regiment;
Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009; Porter, David D. The Naval History of the Civil War Castle, Secaucus, NJ, 1984, ISBN 0-89009-575-2
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private William P. Hogarty, United States Army, for distinguished gallantry in actions September 17 to 13 December 1862, while attached to Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery. Private Hogarty lost his left arm at Fredericksburg. [1]
Capture of flag of 31st Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.). Medal of Honor winner Paul Ambrose Oliver: Paul A. Oliver: Army: Captain: Company D, 12th New York Volunteer Infantry: Battle of Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864: While acting as aide assisted in preventing a disaster caused by Union troops firing into each other Medal of Honor winner Stephen O'Neill