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