Voices of the Civil War Episode 20: "Medal of Honor"

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18 Black US Army Soldiers were awarded The Medal of Honor.
William Harvey Carney
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment Battle of Fort Wagner 07/1863 awarded in 1900. 1st Black man whose combat action to be awarded The Medal of Honor.
Bruce Anderson 142d New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Second battle for Fort Fisher in 1865 awarded in 1914.
Andrew Jackson Smith
55th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment Battle of Honey Hill in 1864 awarded 01/2001.
William H. Barnes 38th USCT
Powhatan Beaty. 5th USCT
James H. Bronson. 5th USCT
Decatur Dorsey. 39th USCT
Christian A Fleetwood 4th USCT
James Gardiner 36th USCT
James H. Harris 38th USCT
Thomas R. Hawkins 6th USCT
Alfred B. Hilton 4th USCT
Milton M. Holland 5th USCT
Miles James 36th USCT
Alexander Kelly 6th USCT
Robert Pinn 5th USCT
Edward Ratcliff 38th USCT
Charles Veal 4th USCT
9 Black US Navy personnel were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Aaron Anderson
USS Wyandank
Robert Blake*
USS Marblehead
*The 1st Black man to received the Medal of Honor in 1864.
William H. Brown
USS Brooklyn
Wilson Brown
USS Hartford
Clement Dees*
USS Pontoosuc
*Medal of Honor forfeited due to desertion from the US Navy.
Thomas English
USS New Ironsides
John Lawson
USS Hartford
James Mifflin
USS Brooklyn
Joachim Pease
USS Kearsarge
27 Medal of Honor Awarded during the American Civil War 1861 to 1865.

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