A Medal of Honor Revoked After Death: The John B. Lynch Story

Описание: In May 1864, the United States lost contact with General Ulysses S. Grant during the Overland Campaign. With the war at a breaking point, President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton turned to one man: Sgt. John B. Lynch of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry, tasked with carrying dispatches through enemy-held territory to find Grant and return with a reply.
Lynch reached Grant near Spotsylvania and carried back the message that became one of the most quoted lines of the Civil War: Grant’s determination to keep fighting. Years later, Lynch was awarded the Medal of Honor for the mission and his wartime service, only to be removed from the rolls during the 1916 review that revoked hundreds of Civil War-era awards under a new “actual conflict with the enemy” standard.
This episode covers who John B. Lynch was, what he did to receive the Medal of Honor, why and when his award was revoked, and where efforts to restore his honor stand today. The story sits at the intersection of battlefield risk, government bureaucracy, and how history decides who gets remembered.
Written and hosted by Colin D. Heaton. Forgotten History is a 10th Legion Pictures Production.
This video is for educational and commentary purposes. All information is presented based on publicly available sources. Allegations, claims, and historical accounts are included for informational context, and viewers are encouraged to conduct their own research.
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Sources:
www.mohhsus.org for list of Medal of Honor recipients from the State of Indiana.
http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/...
Indiana Historical Society
Pickerill, William N. (1906). History of the Third Indiana cavalry. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Indianapolis, Indiana.
68th Congress, 1st Session, May 19-September 19, 1919, Vol. 14, General Staff Corps and Medals of Honor, Letter from Secretary of War, July 22, 1919, Document 58, p.112 (Hereinafter in these footnotes, this document is referred to as “Document 58.”)
"Battle Unit Details - The Civil War". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
"3rd Regiment Cavalry". Indiana Battle Flags and a Record of Indiana Organizations in the Mexican, Civil and Spanish–American Wars. Indianapolis: Indiana Battle Flag Commission. 1929. pp. 589–601. OCLC 1472994143
NARA RG 94, Entry 409, Enlisted Branch Document File, Folder B-4463-7-EB-1811, John B. Lynch Medal of Honor file.
Eberhardt, Michael C, The Medal of Honor: Its Dark Sides (Danville, Illinois: Faulstich Printing, Second Edition 2025) pp. 95-102 for case studies of other revocations that are factually challenged by the author.