There are thirty-one Medals awarded for actions on this day, the bulk of them (as in twenty-nine) in the 19th century. There are no posthumous awards, which isn't as unusual as you might think when you're talking these numbers.Civil War. Anytime you see a *lot* of Medals being awarded on a given day, the Civil War usually features prominently. The Medal was brand-new, and the standards for the award were evolving. During this era, they were rarely awarded posthumously for soldiers who died in the act that earned them their award. As often as not, the relatively few posthumous awards...
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Apr 01 2010, 06:47 AM
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