On 26 November 1832.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
Congressional Medal of Honor
She got the Congressional medal of honor
She is the only woman to have received the Medal of Honor.
Only one - Dr. Mary Edwards Walker in January, 1866.
T highest award given by the US military, the Medal of Honor.
The Medal of Honor. Decades after the Civil War ended the army set up a board to review the Medals of Honor awarded during the war, and they vacated about one thousand, including that to Dr. Walker. Dr. Walker was still alive, and was asked to return her Medal, but she refused to do so.
Dr. Mary Walker was a contract surgeon during the American Civil War 1861-1865.
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To learn about Dr. Mary E. Walker's Medal of Honor, read the book that was written about her: Graf, Mercedes. A Woman of Honor: dr. Mary E. Walker and the Civil War (Gettysburg: Thomas Publications). Available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc.
The Medal of Honor is awarded in the name of the Congress by the President of the United States (Commander in Chief of the US military). at least one woman has been awarded the MOH, shortly after its' establishment in 1862 during the American Civil War. Her name was Dr. Mary Walker, and she served as a contract surgeon.
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