Carl Sandburg For those who have valiantly engaged themselves in war ... Medal of Honor was born. It read in part: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of ...

That the President of the United States of America be, and he hereby is, authorized to bestow with appropriate ceremonies, military and civil, the Congressional Medal of Honor upon the unknown ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war, approximately the same number as in all of America's other wars ...

William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

For the last 70-plus years, North Korea and America ... The Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest award for valor in the face of the enemy, was established during the Civil War.

Black organizations and civil ... Medal, the Women's Army Corps Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. "The unit ...

Their actions, like the other recipients of the medal, were far and above the call of duty. During the Civil War, the job of color bearer was one of the most hazardous as well as important duties ...