Captain THOMAS WARD CUSTER recieved his second Medal of Honor for action at Sailor Creek, Virginia, in April, 1865. The citation read: Second Lieutenant Custer leaped his horse over the […]

Captain THOMAS WARD CUSTER was the only Civil War soldier to receive two Medals of Honor. He was born in New Rumley, Ohio and entered the service at Monroe, Michigan. […]

Major General OLIVER O. HOWARD, was awarded the MEDAL OF HONOR for his heroism at Fair Oaks, Virginia on 1 June 1862 while leading the 61st New York Infantry in […]

Sergeant Leopold Karpeles, 7th Massachusetts Volunteers, United States Army, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of […]

Colonel Nelson A. Miles. Rank and organization: Colonel, 61st New York Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, VA., 2_3 May 1863. Entered service at: Roxbury, Mass. Birth: Westminster, Mass. Date […]

Captian James R. O’Beirne. Rank and organization: Captain, Company C, 37th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 31 May and 1 June 1862. Entered service at: […]

First Lieutenant Theodore S. Peck. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company H, 9th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Newport Barracks, N.C., 2 February 1864. Entered service at: Burlington, Vt. […]

GEORGE C. PLATT, PRIVATE, Troop H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. At Fairfield, Pa., 3 July 63 1895. He seized the regimental flag upon the death of the standard bearer in a […]