There are 19 Medals awarded on this day in history, all of them from the 19th century, starting with the Civil War through the Indian Campaigns. First up - here's an interesting story in this citation from a battle at Aldie, Virginia, in 1863. Colonel DiCesnola of the 4th New York was under arrest (which also means unarmed) when his unit was attacked. He led his regiment anyway - under circumstances where he actually could have sat the fight out. Turns out he was an interesting fellow , very...