decoration, the Medal of Honor. Born in 1856 in Ireland, Smith emigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from Virginia. By October 1, 1878, he was serving...

Thomas J. Smith (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1878) (1856–?), American sailor Thomas Kilby Smith (1820–1887)...

Caldecott Medal, the committee awards a variable number of citations to runners-up they deem worthy, called the Caldecott Honor or Caldecott Honor Books....

James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1826–1881), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1872) (1838–?), Medal of Honor...

and Medal of Honor recipient William Smith (Medal of Honor, 1869) (1838–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient William Smith (Royal...

(1841–1911), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Burke (1842–1902), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Richard Byrnes (1833–1864 †)...

in 1851. Smith joined the Royal Navy and underwent training at Dartmouth from the age of twelve and was appointed acting sub-lieutenant in 1878. He was...

(1841–1866), Medal of Honor recipient Richard Vaux (1816–1895), U.S. Congressman, mayor of Philadelphia William Sansom Vaux (1811–1852), mineralogist Thomas Ustick...

October 1878 off the coast of Pará, Brazil, Seaman Thomas Smith rescued a fellow sailor from drowning, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. This...

Palmer, 1826–1878), magician Robert Jordan (1826–1881), Medal of Honor recipient Joseph Killackey (1879–1946), Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Kittera (1789–1839)...

The Wisconsin town of Sampson is named in his honor. In 1863, Sampson married Margaret Sexton Aldrich (1842–1878). On January 16, 1878, Sampson's first...

of Honor) (1841–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient E. D. Smith (1853–1948), Canadian businessman and politician Ed Smith (alderman)...

soldier awarded the Medal of Honor Llewellyn F. Haskell (1842–1929), Union Army officer Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies (1878–1965), British soldier...

of Irish-American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who were awarded the American military's highest decoration — the Medal of Honor. The Medal of...

Prior to 1963, the Medal of Honor could be awarded for actions not involving direct combat with "an enemy of the United States" or "opposing foreign force...

English Anglican priest in Guyana Edwin Goodrich American general awarded Medal of Honor in the US Civil War Edwin Stephen Goodrich (1868–1946), English zoologist...

(1843–1905) Union Col. and Medal of Honor winner, see List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L Somerville Hastings (1878–1967) English Surgeon...

of General Thomas H. Ruger which urged the federal government to honor treaty obligations with Native Americans. General Schofield received the Medal...

Medal of Honor recipient James Smith, Jr. (1851–1927), U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1893 to 1899 Thomas Sullivan (1859–1940), Indian Wars Medal of...

of 1861, and Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Jackson Rodman, class of 1841, inventor of the Rodman gun William W. Averell, class of 1855, inventor of...

Society—only the second woman to have achieved this honor. She was also awarded the Silver Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society for her botanical...

Patterson (1838–1922), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Summit, Mauston) Ernest Dichmann Peek (1878–1950), U.S. Army Major General (Oshkosh)...

the Medal of Honor for saving a drowning soldier on May 22, 1864 was Henry Capehart, and his younger brother Charles Capehart earned a Medal of Honor during...

prohibitionist, prisoner of war in the American Civil War, and surgeon. She is the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. In 1855, she earned her medical...

Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor recipient and anti-war activist Henry Conner (1837–1918), Union Army officer and member of the Wisconsin State Senate...

Welles was also instrumental in the Navy's creation of the Medal of Honor. Gideon Welles, the son of Samuel Welles and Ann Hale, was born on July 1, 1802...

the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as a turning point of the civil war. The Medal of Honor was awarded to 71 Union...

The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member...

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including the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam (for which he later received the Medal of Honor), and the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also...