3 Dentists Who Received the Medal of Honor
July 5, 2023
By Kayla Lass, Intern - Archives & Historical Collections, Congressional Medal of Honor Society Each Medal of Honor recipient comes with a unique background and story; some situations among these…
Nelson Ward: A Hopeless Effort
June 25, 2023
The siege of Petersburg, Virginia, was now in its third week, and would extend for another nine months. Supplies were already running low in the Confederate trenches. If the Army…
Roy Benavidez: Presevering to the Last
June 12, 2023
By Kayla Lass, Intern - Archives & Historical Collections, Congressional Medal of Honor Society Raul ‘Roy’ Perez Benavidez was awarded the Medal of Honor in February of 1981 for his…
John Freeman Mackie: The First Marine Medal of Honor Recipient
May 15, 2023
On December 20, 1860, South Carolina announced it would no longer be a part of the United States. Over the next several months, state after state in the South followed…
Samuel McConnell: On the Advance
April 9, 2023
The Civil War was nearing its end, and now-confident Union generals saw their opportunity to deal a death blow to Southern forces in the deep south. On April 8, 1865,…
The Search for the Face of Maurice Wagg
April 1, 2023
By Gina Denham, Co-Founder, Monuments for UK Veterans of the American Civil War Association Medal of Honor recipient, acting ensign Maurice Wagg, was a U.S. Navy veteran. He lived in…
Charles H. Pinkham: Flag-Stealer
March 25, 2023
It was March 25, 1865. Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s formal surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia, was just weeks away - a surrender that is recognized as ending…
Voltare Twombly: Keeping the Flag Flying
February 21, 2023
Knowing that success in the Western Theater during the Civil War depended on who controlled the major rivers, Union Brigadier General Ulysses Grant launched an amphibious campaign in early 1862…
Seven Medal of Honor Recipients who Saved Lives Between the Lines
January 29, 2023
By Laura Jowdy, Director of Archives, Collections & Museum, CMOHS The Medal of Honor has been awarded numerous times to those who dared to rescue a comrade stuck in the…
John Brosnan: Wounded While Saving Another
January 18, 2023
Petersburg, Virginia, sat a mere 25 miles from Richmond. Its road system and complex of railroads made it a major supply center for the Confederate capital of Richmond. Ulysses Grant,…