RE: [DL] civil war medals etc

[Frempath2@netscape.net]

During the American Civil War there was only 1 medal to be awarded and that was the union's Congressional Medal of Honor. That's it.  
The CMH was created to honor the James Andrew's mission in the south which resulted in the great locomotive chase.  The CMH was then awarded quite freely, compared to modern standards, and some were later revoked.
That's not to say that you couldn't change that of course, and there were occasions were governments would strike special medals to honor great men and great deeds.  You could always do that.

frempath

Deadlander@aol.com wrote:

>as there seem to be some war re-enacters about, could someone give me a list 
>of medals that could be awarded during the war??
>one of my players is getting ready to take part in the November offensives, 
>and after i frag and mutilate him a bit i might consider a medal depending if 
>he acts like a hero or not as the case may be.
>maybe even a web site that might have some.
>                            any help most appreciated
>                                                       deadlander
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