“...This board rescinded the awards of 911 Medals of Honor. Stricken were the 27th Maine, the 29 officers and men who had accompanied the remains of President Lincoln from Washington to Springfield, Illinois in April, 1865, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, and another very colorful hero of the Indian Wars, William F. “Wild Bill” Cody. Cody, like James J. Andrews, had been a civilian guide or scout and thus was not eligible for the award. The most ridiculous award that was rescinded was one that had been issued to a Lieutenant Colonel Gardiner in 1872 by Secretary of War Belknap upon Gardiner’s application. Gardiner wrote, “I understand there are a number of bronze medals for distribution to soldiers of the late War, and request I be allowed one as a souvenir of memorable times past.”
With this action in 1916, the total awarded for the Civil War came to 1,520 of which 1,196 were Army, 307 Navy, and 17 Marines...”
http://www.andrewsraid.com/m_review.html
A number that were not rescinded included citations that said, “led his regiment in action at _______.” “Captured 2 officers and 20 men of Hagood’s brigade while they were endeavoring to make their way back through the woods” (actual citation).