Medal of Honor Men Present at Antietam
This is a list of men who received Medals of Honor for action before or after the Maryland Campaign of 1862, and who were probably present for duty with the Army of the Potomac in September 1862. Click on any row for more information
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Second Lieutenant John G.B. Adams
[more about him] | Company I, 19th Massachusetts Infantry | Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 December 1862. | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Adelbert Ames
[more about him] | 5th US Artillery (20th ME Infantry at Antietam) | Bull Run, Va. | 21 July 1861. | Full Citation |
Private Frederick C Anderson
[more about him] | Company A, 18th Massachusetts Infantry | Weldon Railroad, Va. | 21 August 1864 | Full Citation |
| Corporal William Archinal | Company I, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
Corporal James Albert Barber
[more about him] | Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery | Petersburg, Va. | 2 April 1865 | Full Citation |
Lieutenant Colonel Richard N Batchelder
[more about him] | 2d Corps (Quartermaster - 2nd Div at Antietam) | Between Catlett and Fairfax Stations, Va. | 13-15 October 1863. | Full Citation |
Captain Alexander M. Beattie
[more about him] | Company F, 3d Vermont Infantry | Cold Harbor, Va. | 5 June 1864 | Full Citation |
Sergeant John P Beech
[more about him] | Company B, 4th New Jersey Infantry | Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va. | 12 May 1864 | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Samuel N Benjamin
[more about him] | 2d US Artillery (Battery E at Antietam) | From Bull Run to Spotsylvania, Va. | Jul 1861 to May 1864 | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant John W Blunt
[more about him] | Company K, 6th New York Cavalry | Cedar Creek, Va. | 19 October 1864. | Full Citation |
Sergeant Charles Brown
[more about him] | Company C, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry | Weldon Railroad, Va. | 19 August 1864 | Full Citation |
| Private Uriah Brown | Company G, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Frank G Butterfield
[more about him] | Company C, 6th Vermont Infantry | Salem Heights, Va | 4 May 1863. | Full Citation |
| Private William Campbell | Company I, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
2nd Lieutenant Robert G. Carter
[more about him] | 4th United States Cavalry (22nd Mass at Antietam) | On Brazos, River, Tex. | 10 October 1871 | Full Citation |
Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
[more about him] | 20th Maine Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 2 July 1863. | Full Citation |
Lieutenant and Adjutant Charles A Clark
[more about him] | 6th Maine Infantry | Brooks Ford, Va. | 4 May 1863. | Full Citation |
| Captain Dayton P Clarke | Company F, 2d Vermont Infantry | Spotsylvania, Va. | 12 May 1864. | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Charles H Clausen
[more about him] | Company H, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry | Spotsylvania, Va. | 12 May 1864. | Full Citation |
Sergeant Jefferson Coates
[more about him] | Company H, 7th Wisconsin Infantry | Gettysburg, PA | 1 July 1863 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Robert John Coffey | Company K, 4th Vermont Infantry | Banks Ford, Va | 4 May 1863. | Full Citation |
Major Hartwell B. Compson
[more about him] | 8th New York Cavalry | Waynesboro, Va. | 2 March 1865 | Full Citation |
| Second Lieutenant Charles D Copp | Company C, 9th New Hampshire Infantry | Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 December 1862. | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing
[more about him] | Battery A, 4th US Artillery | Gettysburg, PA | 3 July 1863 | Full Citation |
Captain James M. Cutts
[more about him] | 11th US Infantry | Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Petersburg, Va. | 1864 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant James Drury | Company C, 4th Vermont Infantry | Weldon Railroad, Va. | 23 June 1864. | Full Citation |
Captain Andrew H Embler
[more about him] | Company D, 59th New York Infantry | Boydton Plank Road, Va. | 27 October 1864. | Full Citation |
Sergeant James Fegan
[more about him] | Company H, 3rd US Infantry (2nd US at Antietam) | Plum Creek, Kansas | March 1868 | Full Citation |
| First Lieutenant Albert E Fernald | Company F, 20th Maine Infantry | Five Forks, Va. | 1 April 1865. | Full Citation |
Colonel Jacob G Frick
[more about him] | 129th Pennsylvania Infantry | Fredericksburg & Chancellorsville, Va. | 13 December 1862; 3 May 1863 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Frederick Fuger | Battery A, 4th US Artillery | Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 July 1863. | Full Citation |
Major John C Gilmore
[more about him] | 16th New York Infantry | Salem Heights, Va. | 3 May 1863. | Full Citation |
| Captain Charles G Gould | Company H, 5th Vermont Infantry | Petersburg, Va. | 2 April 1865. | Full Citation |
Surgeon Gabriel Grant
[more about him] | U. S. Volunteers (3rd Div/II Corps at Antietam) | Fair Oaks, Va. | 1 June 1862 | Full Citation |
Colonel Lewis Addison Grant
[more about him] | 5th Vermont Infantry | Salem Heights, Va. | 3 May 1864. | Full Citation |
Major General Adolphus Washington Greely
[more about him] | USA | -- | -- | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Lester G Hack | Company F, 5th Vermont Infantry | Petersburg, Va | 2 April 1865. | Full Citation |
| Captain Henry Seymour Hall | 27th New York Infantry | Gaines Mill, Va.; Rappahannock Station, Va. | June 1862, Nov 1863 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Ephraim W Harrington | Company G, 2d Vermont Infantry | Fredericksburg, Va. | 3 May 1863 | Full Citation |
| Private Sampson Harris | Company K, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant John W Hart | Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves | Gettysburg, Pa. | 2 July 1863. | Full Citation |
Colonel John F Hartranft
[more about him] | 4th Pennsylvania Militia (51st PA at Antietam) | Bull Run, Va. | 21 July 1861. | Full Citation |
| First Lieutenant Gardner C Hawkins | Company E, 3d Vermont Infantry | Petersburg, Va. | 2 April 1865 | Full Citation |
Sergeant Major William B. Hincks
[more about him] | 14th Connecticut Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 July 1863 | Full Citation |
Corporal Franklin Hogan
[more about him] | Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry | Front of Petersburg, Va. | 30 July 1864 | Full Citation |
| First Sergeant Edward A Holton | Company I, 6th Vermont Infantry | Lees Mills, Va. | 16 April 1862. | Full Citation |
| Captain Samuel B Horne | Company H, 11th Connecticut Infantry | Fort Harrison, Va. | 29 September 1864. | Full Citation |
Brigadier General Oliver O Howard
[more about him] | US Volunteers (2nd Brig, 2nd Div, II Corps at Antietem) | Fair Oaks, Va. | 1 June 1862. | Full Citation |
| Musician Willie Johnston | Company D, 3d Vermont Infantry | unknown | unknown | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Rufus King, Jr.
[more about him] | 4th US Artillery | White Oak Swamp Bridge, Va. | 30 June 1862. | Full Citation |
Musician J C. Julius Langbein
[more about him] | Company B, 9th New York Infantry | Camden, N.C. | 19 April 1862. | Full Citation |
Landsman, USN John S. Lanning
[more about him] | USS Magnolia | St. Marks, FL | 5-6 March 1865 | Full Citation |
| Private William H Longshore | Company D, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
Sergeant Moses A. Luce
[more about him] | Company E, 4th Michigan Infantry | At Laurel Hill, Va. | 10 May 1864 | Full Citation |
| Private Michael Madden | Company K, 42d New York Infantry | Masons Island, Md. | 3 September 1861. | Full Citation |
| Lieutenant Sylvester H Martin | Company K, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry | Weldon Railroad, Va. | 19 August 1864. | Full Citation |
Private John B Mayberry
[more about him] | Company F, 1st Delaware Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 July 1863 | Full Citation |
Corporal Bernard McCarren
[more about him] | Company C, 1st Delaware Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 July 1863 | Full Citation |
| Private James M McClelland | Company B, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
| Private Wilson McGonagle | Company B, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
| Corporal Owen McGough | Battery D, 5th US Artillery | Bull Run, Va. | 21 July 1861. | Full Citation |
Corporal John P McVeane
[more about him] | Company D, 49th New York Infantry | Fredericksburg Heights [Salem Church], Va. | 4 May 1863 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant George W Mears | Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves | Gettysburg, Pa. | 2 July 1863. | Full Citation |
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Clay Merriam
[more about him] | 73d U.S. Colored Troops | Fort Blakely, Ala. | 9 April 1865 | Full Citation |
Captain Augustus Merrill
[more about him] | 1st Maine Veteran Infantry (7th Maine at Antietam) | Petersburg, VA | 2 April 1865 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant John G Merritt | Company K, 1st Minnesota Infantry | Bull Run, Va. | 21 July 1861. | Full Citation |
Colonel Nelson A Miles
[more about him] | 61st New York Infantry | Chancellorsville, Va. | 2-3 May 1863. | Full Citation |
Captain William E. Miller
[more about him] | Company H, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry | Gettysburg, PA | 3 July 1863 | Full Citation |
| Captain George W Mindil | Company I, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry | Williamsburg, Va. | 5 May 1862. | Full Citation |
| Corporal Patrick Monaghan | Company F, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry | Petersburg, Va. | 17 June 1864 | Full Citation |
Captain Walter G Morrill
[more about him] | Company B, 20th Maine Infantry | Rappahannock Station, Va. | 7 November 1863. | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Charles E Morse | Company I, 62d New York Infantry | Wilderness, Va. | 5 May 1864. | Full Citation |
| Private William Wallace Noyes | Company F, 2d Vermont Infantry | Spotsylvania, Va. | 12 May 1864 | Full Citation |
| Captain Lee Nutting | Company C, 61st New York Infantry | Todds Tavern, Va. | 8 May 1864. | Full Citation |
| Corporal Henry D O'Brien | Company E, 1st Minnesota Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 July 1863. | Full Citation |
Sergeant Charles Oliver
[more about him] | Company M, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry | Petersburg, Va. | 25 March 1865 | Full Citation |
Colonel William J Palmer
[more about him] | 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry | Red Hill, Ala. | 14 January 1865. | Full Citation |
| Corporal Platt Pearsall | Company C, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
Colonel Alfred L. Pearson
[more about him] | 155th Pennsylvania Infantry | Lewis' Farm, Va. | 29 March 1865 | Full Citation |
| Private Cassius Peck | Company F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters | Near Blackburn's Ford, Va. | 19 September 1862 | Full Citation |
| Captain Samuel E Pingree | Company F, 3d Vermont Infantry | Lees Mills, Va. | 16 April 1862. | Full Citation |
Captain James Parke Postles
[more about him] | Company A, 1st Delaware Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 2 July 1863. | Full Citation |
Colonel Matthew S. Quay
[more about him] | 134th Pennsylvania Infantry | Fredericksburg, VA | 13 December 1862 | Full Citation |
| Major James Quinlan | 88th New York Infantry | Savage Station, Va. | 29 June 1862. | Full Citation |
| Private Robert Reid | Company G, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry | Petersburg, Va. | 17 June 1864 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Sylvester D Rhodes | Company D, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry | Fishers Hill, Va. | 22 September 1864. | Full Citation |
Major Edmund Rice
[more about him] | 19th Massachusetts Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 July 1863. | Full Citation |
| First Sergeant Carlos H Rich | Company K, 4th Vermont Infantry | Wilderness, Va. | 5 May 1864. | Full Citation |
Private James Richmond
[more about him] | Company F, 8th Ohio Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 July 1863 | Full Citation |
| Lieutenant Colonel William Young Warren Ripley | 1st U.S. Sharpshooters | Malvern Hill, Va. | 1 July 1862 | Full Citation |
| Second Lieutenant Augustus I Robbins | Company B, 2d Vermont Infantry | Spotsylvania, Va. | 12 May 1864. | Full Citation |
| First Lieutenant Robert S Robertson | Company K, 93d New York Infantry | Corbins Bridge, Va. | 8 May 1864. | Full Citation |
| Corporal J Levi Roush | Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves | Gettysburg, Pa. | 2 July 1863. | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Jackson Sargent | Company D, 5th Vermont Infantry | Petersburg, Va. | 2 April 1865. | Full Citation |
| Private Andrew Schmauch | Company A, 30th Ohio Infantry | Vicksburg, Miss | 22 May 1863 | Full Citation |
| Private Martin Schubert | Company E, 26th New York Infantry | Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 December 1862. | Full Citation |
| Drummer Julian A Scott | Company E, 3d Vermont Infantry | Lees Mills, Va. | 16 April 1862. | Full Citation |
| Colonel Thomas Orville Seaver | 3d Vermont Infantry | Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va. | 10 May 1864. | Full Citation |
Major Alfred J. Sellers
[more about him] | 90th Pennsylvania Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 1 July 1863. | Full Citation |
| First Lieutenant William R Shafter | Company I, 7th Michigan Infantry | Fair Oaks, Va. | 31 May 1862. | Full Citation |
Colonel Alexander Shaler
[more about him] | 65th New York Infantry | Marye's Heights, Va. | 3 May 1863. | Full Citation |
First Sergeant John Shilling
[more about him] | Company H, 3d Delaware Infantry | Weldon Railroad, Va. | 21 August 1864 | Full Citation |
| Private George E Sidman | Company C, 16th Michigan Infantry | Gaines Mill, Va. | 27 June 1862. | Full Citation |
Sergeant Alonzo Smith
[more about him] | Company C, 7th Michigan Infantry | Hatchers Run, Va. | 27 October 1864 | Full Citation |
Colonel Charles Henry Smith
[more about him] | First Maine Cavalry | St. Mary's Church, VA | 24 June 1864 | Full Citation |
| Corporal Thaddeus S Smith | Company E, 6th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 2 July 1863. | Full Citation |
| Major William J Sperry | 6th Vermont Infantry | Petersburg, Va. | 2 April 1865. | Full Citation |
Lieutenant Colonel Frederic William Swift
[more about him] | 17th Michigan Infantry | Lenoire Station, Tenn. | 16 November 1863 | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Anthony Taylor
[more about him] | Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry | Chickamauga, Ga. | 20 September 1863 | Full Citation |
Sergeant Richard L. Tea
[more about him] | 6th US Cavalry (Battery B/4th US Artillery at Antietam) | Sappa Creek, Kans. | 23 April 1875 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Charles Augustus Thompson | Company D, 17th Michigan Infantry | Spotsylvania, Va. | 12 May 1864. | Full Citation |
| First Lieutenant Clifford Thomson | Company A, 1st New York Cavalry | Chancellorsville, Va. | 2 May 1863. | Full Citation |
| First Lieutenant and Adjutant John M Tobin | 9th Massachusetts Infantry | Malvern Hill, Va. | 1 July 1862. | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Andrew J Tozier | Company I, 20th Maine Infantry | Gettysburg, Pa. | 2 July 1863. | Full Citation |
Lieutenant Colonel Amasa S Tracy
[more about him] | 2d Vermont Infantry | Cedar Creek, Va. | 19 October 1864. | Full Citation |
| Sergeant George Uhrl | Light Battery F, 5th US Artillery | White Oak Swamp Bridge, Va. | 30 June 1862. | Full Citation |
Major, ADC Ernest von Vegesack
[more about him] | U.S. Volunteers (20th NY at Antietam) | Gaines Mill, Va. | 27 June 1862. | Full Citation |
Brigadier General Alexander S Webb
[more about him] | US Volunteers (V Corps at Antietam) | Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 July 1863. | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Daniel Davis Wheeler
[more about him] | Company G, 4th Vermont Infantry (ADC to Gen. Brooks) | Salem Heights, Va. | 3 May 1863 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant William H Wilcox | Company G, 9th New Hampshire Infantry | Spotsylvania, Va. | 12 May 1864. | Full Citation |
Colonel Orlando Bolivar Willcox
[more about him] | 1st Michigan Infantry (1st Div/IX Corps at Antietam) | Bull Run, Va. | 21 July 1861. | Full Citation |
| Quartermaster Sergeant George C Williams | 1st Battalion, 14th US Infantry | Gaines Mill, Va. | 27 June 1862. | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant Edward B Williston
[more about him] | 2d US Artillery (Battery D at Antietam) | Trevilian Station, Va. | 12 June 1864. | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant John M. Wilson
[more about him] | U.S. Engineers | Malvern Hill, Va. | 6 August 1862 | Full Citation |
Captain William H Withington
[more about him] | Company B, 1st Michigan Infantry (17th MI at Antietam) | Bull Run, Va. | 21 July 1861 | Full Citation |
| Sergeant Alonzo Woodruff | Company I, 1st US Sharpshooters | Hatchers Run, Va. | 27 October 1864. | Full Citation |
First Lieutenant & Adjutant Evan M. Woodward
[more about him] | 2d Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry | Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 December 1862 | Full Citation |
Private John L Younker
[more about him] | Company A, 12th US Infantry | Cedar Mountain, Va. | 9 August 1862. | Full Citation |
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