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During the American Civil War, I assume only Union soldiers were awarded. Is that a correct assumption? I had ancestors on both sides of the conflict so I take no sides but was curious.

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I would agree with your logic.

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I would make a guess that due to FDR's condition Truman may have actually awarded some of his.

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I was thinking Truman also.

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Thank you, Tara.

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Thank you Tara 😊

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I spent a little time researching, that is not an easy task. It's hard even to get a full list of names, let alone with award date. If I could find that, a bit of data mining would solve this riddle. That matched up with presidential term dates would give us numbers awarded during there term. Presented might be a really tough nut to crack. I bet the MoH museum has it, which if you are ever in Charleston SC I highly recommend. It inside the Enterprise carrier morred there.

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Thanks Tara Ross! I appreciate these (and may someday get all 3 right!)

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I was thinking the “personally presented” option and my guess was President Truman. Will be interested to find out the correct answer. 🇺🇸✌️🇺🇸✌️

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Thank you Tara. All were good questions and #2 was very tricky.

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