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From: KF5JRVDate: Sun, 12 Jul 26 08:26:00 Z
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Subject: Today in History - Jul 12
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President Abraham Lincoln signs into law a measure calling for the awarding of a U.S. Army Medal of Honor, in the name of Congr
ess, “to such non-commissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action, and o
ther soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection.”
The previous December, Lincoln had approved a provision creating a U.S. Navy Medal of Valor, which was the basis of the Army Me
dal of Honor created by Congress in July 1862. The first U.S. Army soldiers to receive what would become the nation’s highest
military honor were six members of a Union raiding party who in 1862 penetrated deep into Confederate territory to destroy bri
dges and railroad tracks between Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1863, the Medal of Honor was made a permanent military decoration available to all members, including commissioned officers,
of the U.S. military. It is conferred upon those who have distinguished themselves in actual combat at risk of life beyond the
call of duty.
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