Canadian Medal of Honor Recipients

of the American Civil War

During the Civil War the idea for the Medal of Honor came to fruition and by the end of the conflict over 1500 had been awarded for unsung bravery. There were apparently twenty-nine awarded to men of Canadian origin; I have been able to find twenty-six of them. You will notice that the majority of the Medal of Honors were earned near the end of the war in 1864 and 1865.

Name	Rank	Unit	Co.	Nativity	Date	Engagement
Asten, Charles	Q-G	USS Signal	--	Halifax, NS	May 5, 1864	Red River
Brown, Charles H.	Capt.	12^th Kentucky Inf.	D	Canada	November 30, 1864	Franklin, Tn.
Buckley, Denis	Pvt.	136^th NY Inf.	G	Canada	July 20, 1864	Peach Tree Creek, Ga.
Cayer, Ovila	Sgt.	14^th US Vols	A	Canada	August 19, 1864	Welden Railroad, Va.
Chapman, John	Pvt.	1^st Me. Heavy Art.	B	Saint John, NB	April 6, 1865	Sailor's Creek, Va.
Chaput, Louis G.	Land.	USS Lackawanna	--	Canada	August 5, 1864	Mobile Bay
Coffey, Robert J.	Sgt.	4^th Vermont Inf.	K	Nova Scotia	May 4, 1863	Banks Ford, Va.
Dodd, Robert F.	Pvt.	27^th Michigan Inf.	E	Canada	July 30, 1864	Petersburg, Va.
Dodds, Edward E.	Sgt.	21^st NY Cav.	C	Port Hope, CW	July 19, 1864	Ashby's Gap, Va.
Fitzpatrick, Thomas	Cox.	USS Hartford	--	Canada	August 5, 1864	Mobile Bay
Gilmore, John C.	Maj.	16^th NY Inf.	?	Canada	May 3, 1863	Salem Heights, Va.
Hagerty, Asel	Pvt.	61^st NY Inf.	A	Canada	April 6, 1865	Sailor's Creek, Va.
Higgins, Thomas J.	Sgt.	99^th Illinois Inf.	D	Canada	May 22, 1863	Vicksburg
Houghton, Geo. L.	Pvt.	104^th Illinois Inf.	D	Canada	July 2, 1863	Elk Tavern, Tn
McIntosh, James	CT	USS Richmond	--	Canada	August 5, 1864	Mobile Bay
McMahon, Martin T.	AdC	US Volunteers?	Sta.	Canada	June 30, 1862	White Oak Swamp, Va.
McVeane, John P.	Corp.	49^th NY Inf.	D	Canada	May 4, 1863	Fredericksburg Heights, Va.
Murphy, James T.	Pvt.	1^st Conn. Art.	L	Canada	March 25, 1865	Petersburg, Va.
O'Connor, Albert	Sgt.	7^th Wisc. Inf.	A	Canada	March 31, 1865	Gravelly Run, Va.
O'Neill, Stephan	Corp.	7^th US Inf.	E	Saint John, NB	May 1, 1863	Chancellorsville
Pelham, William	Land.	USS Hartford	--	Halifax, NS	August 5, 1864	Mobile Bay
Pickle, Alonzo H.	Sgt.	1^st Btn. Minn. Inf.	B	Canada	August 14, 1864	Deep Bottom, Va.
Powers, Wesley J.	Corp.	147^th Illinois Inf.	F	Canada	April 3, 1865	Oostannala, Ga.
Rich, Carlos H.	1Sgt.	4^th Vermont Inf.?	K?	Canada	May 5, 1864	The Wilderness
Scott, Alexander	Corp.	10^th Vermont Inf.	D	Canada	July 9, 1864	Monocacy, Md.
Young, Benjamin	Corp.	1^st Mich. Sharp.	I	Canada	June 17, 1864	Petersburg, Va.

Abbreviations
Q-M Quarter Master
Land. Landsman
Cox. Coxwain
CT Capt. of Top
AdC Aide-de-Camp