The Medals of Honor: a Tally
Tallying a list of known existing medals and their locations. Names of those who volunteered to stay behind are in bold. - UPDATED 03 FEBRUARY 2024
Philip Banfield, Co. E
Found on a Wells beach in 1890, unknown what became of it [see blog entry: A Medal Found]
Robert Briard, Co. G
Kittery Historical & Naval Museum
James W. Brown, Co. G - in possession of descendant
Horace H. Burbank, Q.M. Sgt.
Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine [Images of America: Kennebunk (2005), pg 32]
George Bussell (Buzzell), Co. I
Sold in 2018 by Dix Noonan Webb Auction House, London [Lot 1177]
Willis H. Butler, Co. E
Photo in the Catalogue of the collection of orders, decorations and medals of the world, formed by the late Carleton Sprague Gifford, of Boston Massachusetts (1985), pg 61 (on Internet Archive)
Charles Cobb, Co. A
At Norway (Maine) Historical Society [29 Apr 2021 Sun Journal article]
Charles R. Cook, Co. K
Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia): Auction 120 [Lot 3759]
Alanson Dunn, Co. A (replacement medal)
Saco Museum (viewed in Aug 2007 display)
Joseph Emmons, Co. I
FBI returns stolen Medals of Honor to Museum! - 2009 article, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
Stephen Fernald, Co. K
Sold in 2018 by eMedals Inc [W5500]
Found on a Wells beach in 1890, unknown what became of it [see blog entry: A Medal Found]
Robert Briard, Co. G
Kittery Historical & Naval Museum
James W. Brown, Co. G - in possession of descendant
Horace H. Burbank, Q.M. Sgt.
Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine [Images of America: Kennebunk (2005), pg 32]
George Bussell (Buzzell), Co. I
Sold in 2018 by Dix Noonan Webb Auction House, London [Lot 1177]
Willis H. Butler, Co. E
Photo in the Catalogue of the collection of orders, decorations and medals of the world, formed by the late Carleton Sprague Gifford, of Boston Massachusetts (1985), pg 61 (on Internet Archive)
Charles Cobb, Co. A
At Norway (Maine) Historical Society [29 Apr 2021 Sun Journal article]
Charles R. Cook, Co. K
Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia): Auction 120 [Lot 3759]
Alanson Dunn, Co. A (replacement medal)
Saco Museum (viewed in Aug 2007 display)
Joseph Emmons, Co. I
FBI returns stolen Medals of Honor to Museum! - 2009 article, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
Stephen Fernald, Co. K
Sold in 2018 by eMedals Inc [W5500]
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Daniel Floyd, Co. A
Saco Museum (viewed in Aug 2007 display) Alvin D. Ford, Co. D (replacement medal) Sold by eMedals [item: W5095] Albert F. Getchell, Co. E (photo at right) On the USS Massachusetts, Battleship Cove Museum, Fall River, MA |
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Sylvester Gray, Co. B
At the Maine Military Museum, South Portland, Maine
Joseph T. Mason, Co. F
Sold in 2019 by eMedals Inc [ITEM: M0292-2]
Samuel Mugridge, Co. G
Kittery Historical & Naval Museum
Orrin Murch, Co. C
American Numismatic Society [photo in magazine vol. 2012, issue 4, pg 28; also in digital online collection]
Luther Nason, Co. B
Saco Museum (viewed in Aug 2007 display - on loan from relative)
Edward P. Nicholson, Co. B
Currently (2022) listed on eMedals [Item: M0041-206]
At the Maine Military Museum, South Portland, Maine
Joseph T. Mason, Co. F
Sold in 2019 by eMedals Inc [ITEM: M0292-2]
Samuel Mugridge, Co. G
Kittery Historical & Naval Museum
Orrin Murch, Co. C
American Numismatic Society [photo in magazine vol. 2012, issue 4, pg 28; also in digital online collection]
Luther Nason, Co. B
Saco Museum (viewed in Aug 2007 display - on loan from relative)
Edward P. Nicholson, Co. B
Currently (2022) listed on eMedals [Item: M0041-206]
Jeremiah Plumer, Co. F
Photo on Library of Congress site (medal from collection of Tom Liljenquist)
Samuel S. Smith, Co. E
In possession of collector in Italy (e-mail, 2019)
Thomas Steadfast, Co. C
Photo of medal in the American Journal of Numismatics, Volume 49 (Plate III, No. 11 and 12)
George F. Thompson, Co. K
Sold in 2017 by Dix Noonan Webb Auction House, London [Lot 914]
Chadbourne Warren, Co. B - in possession of descendant (from a Facebook post w/photo)
Alfred C. Webber, Co. F - in possession of descendant (email, 2024)
Photo on Library of Congress site (medal from collection of Tom Liljenquist)
Samuel S. Smith, Co. E
In possession of collector in Italy (e-mail, 2019)
Thomas Steadfast, Co. C
Photo of medal in the American Journal of Numismatics, Volume 49 (Plate III, No. 11 and 12)
George F. Thompson, Co. K
Sold in 2017 by Dix Noonan Webb Auction House, London [Lot 914]
Chadbourne Warren, Co. B - in possession of descendant (from a Facebook post w/photo)
Alfred C. Webber, Co. F - in possession of descendant (email, 2024)