Talk:1st Vermont Brigade

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Military history: North America / United States / American Civil War

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Medal of Honor

One fact that anyone editing Civil War, or battles/wars earlier than WWI should be aware of is that there were no medals between the Purple Heart and the Medal of Honor. Having an array of medals to qualify for is a 20th century phenomena. Therefore, if the US military wished to award a medal to anyone for anything before WWI, it had to be a Medal of Honor. This means that the status of the Medal has risen considerably since WWI, since heroic conduct could be recognized by other means.

With earlier battles, one has to decide how meritorious the heroism by reading the award. There is no other way. Nor can it be assumed that the award was more than "routine." For example, "the little drummer boy" 11 years old or so, was awarded a Medal of Honor for bringing his drum during a disorganized retreat. His fellow musicians all lost theirs! While this is amusing and even heroic, it doesn't quite meet our threshhold of the 20th century for that award. Student7 (talk) 23:32, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notables

No notables? I was about to add:

Gilbert C. Lucier - last surviving Civil War veteran in Vermont. Died 1944."Gilbert C. Lucier, 11th Vermont Infantry, Company "F"". tripod.com. 2010-08-26. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)

happened to be in the 11th and not considered "quite" 1st Brigade-y I suppose. Anyway no list of officers and others, so I won't add Lucier. Student7 (talk) 17:54, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]