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To: Vermont Lt

Is there any other war where the Congress of the United States awarded medals to “enemy soldiers?”............................. I was thinking more in line with the CSA giving out a MOH. Did one exist? Since Google is my friend I found this. So my question has been answered. http://scscv.com/confederate-past-and-present/confederate-medal-of-honor-recipients/


14 posted on 08/27/2014 8:50:36 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Hillary or Warren 2016! Why? Just to have a woman for Historical Purpose?? At least pick a looker!)
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To: Bringbackthedraft; Vermont Lt; DUMBGRUNT
Your mention of Confederate Major John Pelham piqued my interest.
He is not listed on your site for Confederate Medals of Honor, but it seems that otherwise he's been showered with honors in several states.

Pelham died gallantly, in J.E.B. Stuart's command, at Kelly's Ford near Culpepper, Virginia on March 17, 1863 3-1/2 months before Gettysburg.
Later "in 1863, Stuart named his third child Virginia Pelham, in honor of the cannoneer he had admired."


26 posted on 08/27/2014 11:37:44 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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