The Story of the 1st Medal of Honor Recipient (1861) - Our American Stories

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1863 Bernard John Dowling Irwin received the first Medal of Honor by date-of-conflict—for his heroism during the Apache War. The History Guy tells the story.

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