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1524 result related to actions during the Civil War

  1. Charles Malone Betts

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 19 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 19 April 1865, while serving with 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in action at Greensboro, North Carolina. With a force of but 75 men, while on a scouting expedition, by a judiciou... See the full citation

  2. Andrew W. Tibbets

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 16 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 16 April 1865, while serving with Company I, 3d Iowa Cavalry, in action at Columbus, Georgia, for capture of flag and bearer, Austin's Battery (Confederate States of America).... See the full citation

  3. Richard H. Cosgriff

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 16 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 16 April 1865, while serving with Company L, 4th Iowa Cavalry, in action at Columbus, Georgia, for capture of flag in a personal encounter with its bearer. See the full citation

  4. John H. Hays

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 16 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 16 April 1865, while serving with Company F, 4th Iowa Cavalry, in action at Columbus, Georgia, for capture of flag and bearer Austin's Battery (Confederate States of America).... See the full citation

  5. Richard H. Morgan

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 16 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 16 April 1865, while serving with Company A, 4th Iowa Cavalry, in action at Columbus, Georgia, for capture of flag inside the enemy's works, contesting for its possession with... See the full citation

  6. Norman Francis Bates

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 16 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 16 April 1865, while serving with Company E, 4th Iowa Cavalry, in action at Columbus, Georgia. For Capture of flag and bearer. Norman Francis ... See the full citation

  7. Edward James Bebb

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 16 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 16 April 1865, while serving with Company D, 4th Iowa Cavalry, in action at Columbus, Georgia, for capture of flag. Edward James Bebb See the full citation

  8. Horatio L. Birdsall

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 16 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 16 April 1865, while serving with Company B, 3d Iowa Cavalry, in action at Columbus, Georgia, for capture of flag and bearer. Horatio L. Bird... See the full citation

  9. John Francis Weston

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 13 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 13 April 1865, while serving with 4th Kentucky Cavalry, in action at Wetumpka, Alabama. Major Weston, with a small detachment, while en route to destroy steamboats loaded with... See the full citation

  10. August Dorley

    Medal of Honor

    Date of action: 11 April 1865

    For extraordinary heroism on 11 April 1865, while serving with Company B, 1st Louisiana Cavalry, in action at Mount Pleasant, Alabama, for capture of flag. August Dorley ... See the full citation