List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Second Battle of Petersburg

This is a complete list of Medal of Honor recipients for the Second Battle of Petersburg.

Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government and is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "…conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States…" Due to the nature of this medal, it is commonly presented posthumously.

Seventeen men would receive the Medal of Honor for their actions in this battle.

Second Battle of Petersburg
The Second Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Assault on Petersburg, was fought June 15–18, 1864, at the beginning of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (popularly known as the Siege of Petersburg) in Petersburg, Virginia. Union forces under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attempted to capture Petersburg, Virginia, before Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia could reinforce the city.

The four days of the battle included repeated Union assaults against a substantially smaller Confederate force commanded by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. Beauregard's strong defensive positions and poorly coordinated actions by the Union generals made up for the disparity in the sizes of the armies. By June 18, the arrival of significant reinforcements from Lee's army made further assaults impractical. The failure of the Union to defeat the Confederates in these actions resulted in the start of the ten-month Siege of Petersburg.

During the battle approximately as many as 38, 000 Confederate forces under the command of Generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard repelled a Union force of 62, 000 led by Generals Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade. Casualties in the battle were high with 11,386 total Union casualties; 1,688 killed, 8,513 wounded and 1,185 missing or captured Confederate losses were lower with a approximately 4,000casualties; 200 killed, 2,900 wounded and 900 missing or captured