Battle of Chickamauga Medal of Honor Recipients

The following are Medal of Honor Recipients from the Battle of Chickamauga.

Carson, William J.
Rank and Organization: Musician, Company E, 1st Battalion, 15th United States Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Date of lssue: 27 January 1894.
Citation: Most distinguished gallantry in battle.

Myers, George S.
Rank and Organization: Private, Company F, 101st Ohio Infantry.
Place, and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Fairfield, Ohio.
Date of Issue: 9 April 1894.
Citation: Myers saved the regimental colors by greatest personal devotion and bravery.

Reed, Axel H.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company K, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863; at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, 25 November 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Maine.
Date of lssue: 2 April 1898.
Citation: While in arrest at Chickamauga, Georgia, Reed left his place in the rear and voluntarily went to the line of battle, secured a rifle, and fought gallantly during the two-day battle; Reed was released from arrest in recognition of his bravery. At Missionary Ridge, he commanded his company and gallantly led it, being among the first to enter the enemy's works; he was severely wounded, losing an arm, but declined a discharge and remained in active service to the end of the war.

Richey, William E.
Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company A, 15th Ohio Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Athens County, Ohio.
Date, of Issue: 9 November 1893.
Citation: While on the extreme front, between the lines of the combatants, Richey single-handedly captured a Confederate major who was armed and mounted.

Chamberlain, Orville T.
Rank and Organization: Second Lieutenant, Company G, 74th Indiana Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at.
Birth: Kosciusko County, Indiana.
Date of Issue: 11 March 1896.
Citation: While exposed to a galling fire, Chamberlain went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company.

Cilley, Clinton A.
Rank and Organization: Captain, Company C, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at: Farmington, New Hampshire.
Birth: Rockingharn County, New Hampshire.
Date of Issue: 12 June 1895.
Citation: Cilley seized the colors of a retreating regiment and led it into the thick of the attack.

Porter, Horace
Rank and Organization: Captain, Ordnance Department, United States Army.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at: Pennsylvania.
Birth: Pennsylvania.
Date of Issue: 8 July 1902.
Citation: While acting as a volunteer aide at a critical moment when the lines were broken, Porter rallied enough fugitives to hold the ground under heavy fire long enough to effect the escape of wagon trains and batteries.

Taylor, Anthony
Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Burlington, New Jersey.
Date of Issue: 4 December 1893.
Citation. Taylor held out to the last with a small force against the advance of superior numbers of the enemy.

Whitney, William G.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Allen, Michigan.
Date of Issue: 21 October 1895.
Citation: As the enemy was about to charge, Whitney went outside the temporary Union works among the dead and wounded enemy soldiers, and, at great exposure to himself, cut off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing them within the Union lines. The ammunition was then used with good effect in again repulsing the attack.

Further reading:
Dr. William Glenn Robertson, Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Shanahan, Lieutenant Colonel John I. Boxberger, and Major George E. Knapp. Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Chickamauga, 18-20 September 1863. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. 1992.