

Ordnance Corps
Medal of Honor
Awardees
Civil War
Brig. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard | Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia | 1862 |
Capt. Horace Porter | Battle of Chickamauga | 1863 |
Capt. William Sullivan Beebe | Alexandria, Louisiana | 1864 |
Pvt. Timothy Spillane | Hatchers Run, Virginia | 1865 |
Western United States
The following ten noncommissioned officers and enlisted men were awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in the Western United States. All of them were either serving as Ordnance Sergeants when the Medal of Honor was awarded to them or later retired with that rank. All were members of infantry or cavalry units.
Pvt. Albert Knaak | Arizona Territory | 1868 |
Pvt. Solon D. Neal | Little Washita River, Texas | 1870 |
Cpl. John Kelly | Upper Washita, Texas | 1874 |
1st Sgt. John Mitchell | Upper Washita, Texas | 1874 |
Sgt. Zachariah Woodall | Washita River, Texas | 1874 |
1st Sgt. Michael McGann | Rosebud River, Montana | 1876 |
1st Sgt. Henry Wilkens | Little Muddy Creek, Montana and Camas Meadows, Idaho |
1877 |
Sgt. Milden H. Wilson | Big Hole, Montana | 1877 |
1st Sgt. Moses Williams | Cuchillo Negro Mountains, New Mexico | 1881 |
1st Sgt. Fredrick E. Toy | Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota | 1890 |
World War II
Sgt. Hulon Brocke Whittington | France | 1944 |
Last updated 19-Nov-2021