In November 1861, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Townsend, adjutant
general of the Army, sought to establish an award to motivate and
inspire Northern soldiers in the aftermath of the early,
morale-devastating defeats of the Civil War. The outcome of
Townsend's brainstorm was the Congressional Medal of Honor. This
reference book details and organizes information regarding the
Civil War Medal of Honor and its recipients in an easily
accessible, previously unemployed format. After a brief history of
the medal, the book presents a traditional alphabetical list of
medal recipients and details their acts of heroism. The work then
organizes recipients by a variety of criteria including branch of
service; regiment or naval ship assignment; place of action; act of
heroism; state or country of nativity; age of recipient; and date
of issuance. Also included is information about the first winners
of the medal, the first recipients of multiple medals, posthumously
awarded medals and civilian recipients.
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