Delaware Recipients of the Medal of Honor

Alexandar Hand - July 9, 1862 - Roanoke River, North Carolina

Charles B. Tanner - September 17, 1862 - Sharpsburg, Maryland

James Parke Postles - July 2, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

John B. Maberry - July 3, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Bernard McCarren - July 3, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

John Shilling - August 21, 1864 - Petersburg, Virginia

Henry A. du Pont - October 19, 1864 - Middletown, Virginia

David Buckingham - February 5, 1865 - Petersburg, Virginia

Samuel R. Smith - February 5, 1865 -Petersburg, Virginia

Leonard Chadwick - May 11, 1898 - Cienfuegos, Cuba

Charles H. Pierce - October 19, 1899 - San Isidro, Luzon, Philippine Islands

William Lloyd Nelson - April 24, 1943 - Djebel Dardyss, Tunisia

James P. Connor - August 15, 1944 - Cape Cavalaire, France.

The following "Medal of Honor Recipients" were "born" in the State of Delaware but either moved to or enlisted in military service in another state to which their award is accredited. By virtue of their birth, they are considered "Native Sons".

Louis J. Sacriste - May 3, 1863 - Chancellorsville, Virginia

Charles H. Baldwin - December 31, 1864 - Roanoke, Virginia

William Jackson Palmer - January 14, 1865 - Red Hill, Alabama

Griffin Seward - October 20, 1869 - Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory