Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. for his actions in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1944-08-28
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Medal of Honor
Medal of honor
The Medal of Honor was awarded to Theodore Roosevelt for “gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 6 June 1944 in France.”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1945
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Willis Gilbert Brinson
Theodore Roosevelt dismisses Willis G. Brinson’s doubts about his service record by asking Brinson to look at the last chapter of his autobiography, which is available in any public library. Roosevelt points to the report in which his superior officer recommended him for a Medal of Honor for his leadership of not only his men but the entire cavalry division in the Battle of Santiago during the Spanish-American War. The Rough Riders sustained their heaviest losses while Roosevelt was leading them, first on horseback, and then on foot.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-12-14
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Dallas Sidman
Theodore Roosevelt tips his hat to George Dallas Sidman, since Sidman is a Medal of Honor man. Roosevelt thanks Sidman for his letter and will send it to the committee.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-03-05
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Letter from William Loeb to Edward A. Moseley
William Loeb encloses a letter from President Roosevelt awarding Edward A. McGrath with a Medal of Honor to Edward A. Moseley of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward A. McGrath
In accordance with the Congressional Act of February 23, 1905, to promote the security of railroad travel, President Roosevelt awards Edward A. McGrath with a Medal of Honor for risking his life to save a child who had wandered on the railroad tracks.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Scott
President Roosevelt thanks Alexander Scott for the invitation to join the United States Medal of Honor club as an honorary member, but must decline.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-06-26
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George H. Williams
President Roosevelt informs George H. Williams that he has been awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor because of his action of endangering his own life to save that of Jennie M. Hill. Roosevelt writes that Williams’s actions will serve as an inspiration to every American who reads of it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-23
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Letter from William Loeb to Edward A. Moseley
William Loeb sends Edward A. Moseley, secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, two letters written by President Roosevelt for Charles W. Haight and George H. Williams, winners of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Loeb informs Moseley that in the future Roosevelt would prefer to use a form letter and simply sign his name when sending medals to recipients.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-23
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles W. Haight
President Roosevelt informs Charles W. Haight that he has been awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor because of his action of endangering his own life to save that of a child. Roosevelt writes that Haight’s actions will serve as an inspiration to every American who reads of it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-23
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft
President Roosevelt alerts Secretary of War Taft to an issue brought up by the Medal of Honor Legion regarding the members of the 27th Maine Voluntary Infantry receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. Roosevelt believes it absurd that the regiment had received the medal, and regarding the reissue of the medal to the regiment, Roosevelt wants to be consulted before any actions are taken.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-08
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Daniel Edgar Sickles
President Roosevelt will see if he can appoint “young Cronin.” Roosevelt agrees with Daniel Edgar Sickles that it would be unwise to commit to Philippine independence.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-30
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Fleming
President Roosevelt responds to allegations that diminished his role in the Battle of San Juan Hill. For clarification, Roosevelt offers Fleming a copy of The Rough Riders and cites accounts written by other officers on the scene.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-18
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Military record of Albert Leopold Mills
This document reports the significant moments in Albert Leopold Mills’s military career. Highlights include his extensive career as a military instructor, his involvement in campaigns against the Crow and Sioux, as well as the battles at Santiago and Las Guasimas in Cuba, and his receipt of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Colonel John W. Vrooman reports in a letter to William Loeb, which encloses this document, that this copy represents what was contained within the “beautiful engrossed album containing nineteen parchment pages enclosed in a handsome leather cover.” The album was a souvenir at the Union League Club dinner celebrating General Mills on August 29, 1906.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09-06
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt asks Commissioner of Pensions Ware for a favor. He would like Henry T. Johns, a Medal of Honor winner, to be reinstated in spite of the age limit.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-15
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles G. Ayers
President Roosevelt informs Major Ayres that General Henry V. Boynton says no one in the Adjutant General’s Office spoke to him about the Medal of Honor.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-10
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edith Andrews Logan
President Roosevelt was happy to help “secure the recognition of your husband’s gallantry.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-16
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. Warren J. Shepherd
Vice President Roosevelt tells the wife of Medal of Honor recipient Warren J. Shepherd that he will see what he can do for her husband. He asks if she has filed a pension application and if so to provide him with the claim number.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-08-27
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List of Medal of Honor recipients
This document provides a list of names of soldiers who received the Medal of Honor, mostly between 1862 and 1888, as well as the actions for which they received it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-1909
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Letter from William P. Maclay to Theodore Roosevelt
William P. MaClay petitions Theodore Roosevelt to employ him as a personal guard for his Western trip. He discusses his qualifications and service in the Army, where he earned a Congressional Medal of Honor.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-01-28