CSA Medal of Honor

During the War Between the States, a Confederate Medal of Honor never became reality. Disagreement as well as financial difficulties precluded it from coming to fruition. On July 1, 1896, General Stephen Dill Lee, one of the few remaining senior officers of the Confederate army, spoke to a group of sons of Confederate veterans who had gathered at Richmond to form a group to preserve the memory and valor of the Confederate soldier. He told the group it was their duty to present the true history of the South to future generations. This group, chartered as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, was committed to that charge. In 1977, Private Samuel Davis of Coleman's Scouts, became the first to be posthumously presented the Confederate Medal of Honor. Since then, many others have been presented and those whose valor went far beyond the call of duty are finally being recognized.

Lt Gen Stephen Dill Lee

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations."

Colonel Leopold Ludger Armant	18th Louisiana Consolidated Regiment April 8, 1864 - Mansfield, Louisiana
Sergeant Adam Washington Ballenger	13th South Carolina Infantry July 28, 1864 - Deep Bottom, Virginia
Private Wilson J. Barbee	1st Texas Infantry July 2, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Seaman Arnold Becker	CSS H. L. Hunley February 17, 1864 - Attack on USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Private Christopher Columbus Bland	2nd North Carolina Artillery December 24, 1864 - Fort Fisher, North Carolina
Father Emmeran Bliemel	Chaplain, 10th Tennessee Infantry August 31, 1864 - Jonesboro, Georgia
Captain Isaac Newton Brown	Commander, CSS Arkansas July 15, 1862 - Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers
Colonel Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.	26th North Carolina Infantry July 1, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Corporal C. F. Carlsen	CSS H. L. Hunley February 17, 1864 - Attack on USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne	Cleburne's Division November 30, 1864 - Franklin, Tennessee
Seaman F. Collins	CSS H. L. Hunley February 17, 1864 - Attack on USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Adjutant Claudius Virginius Hughes Davis	22nd Mississippi Infantry July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek, Georgia
Private Samuel Davis	Coleman's Scouts November 27, 1863 - Pulaski, Tennessee
1st Lieutenant George E. Dixon	CSS H. L. Hunley February 17, 1864 - Attack on USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
David Owen Dodd	Military Telegrapher January 8, 1864 - Little Rock, Arkansas
1st Lieutenant Richard William Dowling	1st Texas Heavy Artillery September 8, 1863 - Sabine Pass, Texas
Private Lamar Fontaine	Discharged soldier May 24-May 28, 1863 - Vicksburg, Mississippi
Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest	Forrest's Cavalry April 8, 1862 - Shiloh, Tennessee
Sergeant Robert Henry Gregg Gaines	23rd Alabama Infantry May 16, 1863 - Bakers Creek, Mississippi
Brigadier General Richard Brooke Garnett	Garnett's Brigade July 3, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Brigadier General Thomas Green	Green's Texas Cavalry Corps April 12, 1864 - Blair's Landing, Louisiana
Private William Guehrs	Creuzbaur's Battery, 5th Texas Artillery May 6, 1864 - Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana
Brigadier General Wade Hampton	Hampton's Brigade July 3, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Private Asbury W. Hancock	19th Mississippi Infantry May 12, 1864 - Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
Lieutenant Colonel Tazewell Lee Hargrove	44th North Carolina Regiment June 26, 1863 - South Anna Bridge, Virginia
Juliet Opie Hopkins	Nurse June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines, Virginia
Private William A. Hughes	1st Tennessee Infantry June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
Private Dewitt Smith Jobe	Coleman's Scouts August 30, 1864 - Between Triune and Nolensville, Tennessee
Private James Keelan	Thomas' Legion November 8, 1861 - Strawberry Plains, Tennessee
Sergeant Richard Rowland Kirkland	2nd South Carolina Infantry December 14, 1862 - Fredericksburg, Maryland
Captain James Lile Lemon	18th Georgia Infantry November 29, 1863 - Fort Sanders, Tennessee
David Herbert Llewellyn, M.D.	Surgeon, CSS Alabama June 19, 1864 - Off coast of Cherbourg, France, engagement with USS Kearsage
Private Tapley P. Mays	7th Virginia Infantry May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg, Virginia
1st Lieutenant William Alexander McQueen	Garden's Battery, Palmetto Light Artillery July 3, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Captain John Singleton Mosby	Mosby's Regulars March 8-9, 1863 - Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia
Private William Thomas Overby	43rd Virginia Cavalry September 23, 1864 - Front Royal, Virginia
Private Benjamin Welch Owens	1st Maryland Artillery June 15, 1863 - Stephenson's Depot, Virginia
Major John Pelham	Stuart's Horse Artillery December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg, Virginia
Brigadier General William Dorsey Pender	Pender's Brigade May 3, 1863 - Chancellorsville, Virginia
Major General Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac	Polignac's Brigade April 8, 1864 - Mansfield, Louisiana
Lieutenant Charles William Read	CSA Navy June 6-June 27, 1863 - Cruise of the Clarence, Tacony, and Archer
1st Lieutenant William Field Rector	39th Arkansas Infantry July 4, 1863 - Helena, Arkansas
Seaman Ridgeway	CSS H. L. Hunley February 17, 1864 - Attack on USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Captain Samuel Jones Ridley	1st Mississippi Artillery May 16, 1863 - Bakers Creek, Mississippi
Seaman C. Simpkins	CSS H. L. Hunley February 17, 1864 - Attack on USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Seaman James A. Wicks	CSS H. L. Hunley February 17, 1864 - Attack on USS Housatonic outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Captain Henry Wirz	Ex-Commandant, Camp Sumter, Georgia November 10, 1865 - Washington, D.C.
1st Lieutenant Bennett Henderson Young	5th Confederate State Retributors October 19, 1864 - St. Albans, Vermont