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Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

    Division:

    15th Indiana Infantry

    Action Date:

    November 25, 1863

    Date of Issue: February 15, 1897

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Second Lieutenant Thomas N. Graham, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 25 November 1863, while serving with Company G, 15th Indiana Infantry, in action at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. Second Lieutenant Graham seized the colors from the Color Bearer, who had been wounded, and, exposed to a terrible fire, carried them forward, planting them on the enemy’s breastworks.