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The majority of the medals issued prior to the Civil War were not what is today considered a military medal. They did not have colored drapes or even ribbons attached for wear, they are considered "table medals" or medallions. They were reserved and presented for important events.

1776 Boston retaken - General George Washington

1777 Surrender of the British Army at Saratoga - Horatio Gates

1778 Taking of Stony Point - Brigadier-General Anthony Wayne

1778 Taking of Stony Point - Lieutenant-Colonel De Fleury

1778 Taking of Stony Point - Major John Stewart

1779 Surprise of Paulus Hook.- Major Henry Lee

1781 Victory of Eutaw Springs - Major-General Nathaniel Greene

1781 Victory of the Cowpens - Brigadier-General Daniel Morgan

1781 Victory of the Cowpens - Lieutenant-Colonel William Augustine Washington

1781 Victory of the Cowpens - Lieutenant-Colonel John Eager Howard

1782 Libera Soror - Acknowledgment Of The United States Of America

1782 Libertas Americana

1782 Treaty Of Amity And Commerce Bet USA and Netherlands

1784 Benjamin Franklin

1786 Benjamin Franklin

1787 Capture of the Serapis - Captain John Paul Jones

1790 The Diplomatic Medal

1792 First President of the United States of America

1797 Second President of the United States of America

1800 Action with the Vengeance - Captain Thomas Truxtun

1801 Third President of the United States of America

1805 Naval operations against Tripoli - Commodore Edward Preble

1809 Fourth President of the United States of America

1812 Capture of the Frolic - Captain Jacob Jones

1812 Capture of the Guerriere - Captain Isaac Hull

1812 Capture of the Java - Captain William Bainbridge

1812 Capture of the Macedonian - Captain Stephen Decatur

1813 Capture of the Boxer - Lieutenant Edward Rutledge Mccall

1814 Victory of Lake Erie - Captain Oliver Hazard Perry

1814 Capture of the Boxer - Lieutenant William Burrows

1814 Victory of Lake Erie - Captain Jesse Duncan Elliott

1814 Capture of the Epervier - Captain Lewis Warrington

1814 Capture of the Peacock - Captain James Lawrence

1814 Capture of the Reindeer - Captain Johnston Blakeley

1814 Victory of Erie - Major-General Edmund Pendleton Gaines

1814 Victory of Plattsburgh - Major-General Alexander Macomb

1814 Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie - Major-General Jacob Brown

1814 Victory of Lake Champlain - Captain Thomas Macdonough

1814 Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.- Major-General Peter Buel Porter

1814 Victory of Lake Champlain - Captain Robert Henley

1814 Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie - Brigadier-General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley

1814 Victory of Lake Champlain - Lieutenant Stephen Cassin

1814 Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie - Brigadier-General James Miller

1814 Victories of Chippewa and Niagara - Major-General Winfield Scott

1815 Capture of the Cyane and of the Levant - Captain Charles Stewart

1815 Capture of the Penguin - Captain James Biddle

1815 Victory of New Orleans - Major-General Andrew Jackson

1817 Fifth President of the United States of America

1818 Victory of the Thames - Major-General William Henry Harrison

1818 Victory of the Thames - Governor Isaac Shelby

1822 Treaty Of Commerce With France

1825 Sixth President of the United States of America

1829 Seventh President of the United States of America

1835 Defence of Fort Stephenson - Colonel George Croghan

1837 Eighth President of the United States of America

1841 Tenth President of the United States of America

1845 Eleventh President of the United States of America

1846 Loss Of The United States Brig-Of-War Somers

1846 Taking of Monterey - Major-General Zachary Taylor

1846 Victories on the Rio Grande - Major-General Zachary Taylor

1847 Mexican Campaign - Major-General Winfield Scott

1847 Victory of Buena Vista - Major-General Zachary Taylor

1849 Twelfth President of the United States of America

1850 Thirteenth President of the United States of America

1853 Fourteenth President of the United States of America

1853 Release of Martin Coszta - Commander Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham

1857 Fifteenth President of the United States of America

1858 Kindness and Humanity of Doctor Rose - Doctor Frederick Henry Rose

1861 Sixteenth President of the United States of America

1862 Free Gift of Steamship Vanderbilt - Cornelius Vanderbilt

1862 Victories of Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga - Major-General Ulysses Simpson Grant

1865 Heroic Conduct - George Foster Robinson

1865 Seventeenth President of the United States of America

1866 Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Cyrus West Field

1866 Testimonial of National Gratitude - Wreck Of The Steamship San Francisco

1867 Promotion of Universal Education - George Peabody

1869 Eighteenth President of the United States of America

1872 For Courage and Humanity - Loss Of The Steamer Metis

1874 Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea - Life Saving Medal Of The Second Class

1874 Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea - Life Saving Medal Of The First Class

1876 Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence - Centennial Medal

1876 Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence - Centennial Medal

Images and descriptions were located in the public domain book The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. Loubat, LL.D. (1878) released by

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