Title African American recipients of the Medal of Honor : a biographical dictionary, Civil War through Vietnam War / Charles W. Hanna

Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 189 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: History of the Medal of Honor -- The Civil War (1861-1865) -- Landsman Aaron Anderson, USN -- Private Bruce Anderson, USA -- Private William H. Barnes, USA -- 1st Sergeant Powhatan Beaty, USA -- Contraband Robert Blake, USN -- 1st Sergeant James H. Bronson, USA -- Landsman William H. Brown, USN -- Landsman Wilson Brown, USN -- Sergeant William Harvey Carney, USA -- Seaman Clement Dees, USN -- Sergeant Decatur Dorsey, USA -- Sergeant Christian A. Fleetwood, USA -- Private James Gardiner, USA -- Sergeant James H. Harris, USA -- Private Thomas R. Hawkins, USA -- Sergeant Alfred B. Hilton, USA -- Sergeant Milton M. Holland, USA -- Corporal Miles James, USA -- 1st Sergeant Alexander Kelly, USA -- Landsman John Henry Lawson, USN -- Engineer's Cook James Mifflin, USN -- Seaman Joachim Pease, USN -- 1st Sergeant Robert A. Pinn, USA -- 1st Sergeant Edward Ratcliff, USA -- Color Sergeant Andrew Jackson Smith, USA -- Private Charles Veal, USA -- The Indian Wars (1866-1890) -- Sergeant Thomas Boyne, USA -- Sergeant Benjamin Brown, USA -- Sergeant John Denny, USA -- Private Pompey Factor, USA -- Corporal Clinton Greaves, USA -- Sergeant Henry Johnson, USA -- Sergeant George Jordan, USA -- Sergeant William McBryar, USA -- Corporal Isaiah Mays, USA -- Private Adam Paine, USA -- Trumpeter Isaac Payne, USA -- Sergeant Thomas Shaw, USA -- Sergeant Emanuel Stance, USA -- Private Augustus Walley, USA -- Sergeant John Ward, USA -- 1st Sergeant Moses Williams, USA -- Corporal William O. Wilson, USA -- Sergeant Brent Woods, USA Summary "This text details the stories of the 88 African Americans who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Each entry chronicles the acts of bravery and courage that led to the serviceman's receiving this honor. Beginning with a brief history of the Medal of Honor, the book is then divided into eight sections covering every major conflict from the Civil War through the Vietnam War. An appendix of the number of medals awarded by wars and campaigns, a bibliography, and an index are included."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Medal of Honor -- Biography -- Dictionaries African American soldiers -- Biography -- Dictionaries BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. HISTORY -- Military -- Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. African American soldiers. Armed Forces. Medal of Honor. Militär Orden Ehrenzeichen Verzeichnis SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography -- Dictionaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139813 Subject United States. USA. Schwarze. Genre/Form Biographies. Dictionaries. Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2002006974 ISBN 9781476604633 1476604630

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