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  2. List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Gettysburg Campaign

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    The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War in 1862. It was, and to date is, the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces.

  3. Alonzo Cushing - Wikipedia

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    For the medal to be awarded, it had to be approved by the United States Congress. [13] It was announced on May 20, 2010, that Cushing would receive the Medal of Honor, 147 years after his death. [14] However, the provision granting Cushing the Medal of Honor was removed from a defense spending bill by Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) in December 2012. [15]

  4. William E. Miller (soldier, born 1836) - Wikipedia

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    Medal of Honor William Edward Miller (February 5, 1836 – December 10, 1919) was an American soldier and Pennsylvania State Senator who fought with the Union Army in the American Civil War . Miller received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor , for actions taken on July 3, 1863, during the Battle of ...

  5. Joseph H. De Castro - Wikipedia

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    Joseph H. De Castro (November 14, 1844 – May 8, 1892) was the first Hispanic American to be awarded the United States's highest military decoration for valor in combat—the Medal of Honor—for having distinguished himself during Pickett's Charge in the Battle of Gettysburg of the American Civil War.

  6. List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: Q–S

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    The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government and is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "…conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States…"

  7. List of Medal of Honor recipients - Wikipedia

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    American Medal of Honor recipients for the American Civil War (A–L). United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009 "Medal of Honor recipients". American Medal of Honor recipients for the American Civil War (M–Z). United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009.

  8. Thaddeus S. Smith - Wikipedia

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    Thaddeus Stevens Smith (May 13, 1847 – March 14, 1933) was a soldier from Pennsylvania who fought in the American Civil War.He received the United States' highest medal for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Battle of Gettysburg 2 July 1863.

  9. Charles W. Reed - Wikipedia

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    Union soldier, by Charles Wellington Reed. Charles Wellington Reed (1841 – 1926) was an American soldier who fought with the Union Army in the American Civil War.Reed received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for actions taken on July 2, 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg.