Talk:Charles Heywood

Medal of Honor

About a year ago, an anon added the MOH to the article. I think that the editor in question saw the large medal in File:Charles Heywood.jpg and assumed it was an old version of the MOH, which is reasonable, because it looks a great deal like some of the old army versions. Unfortunately, that anon was either mistaken or performing some vandalism. There has never been an iteration of the Medal of Honor that looks exactly like the medal shown in the portrait. In addition, Heywood's name does not appear on any list of MOH recipients, official or unofficial, and there is no indication whatsoever of when, where, and how he would have earned it. Neither the official biography nor any of the other references for Heywoon note that he is the recipient of the US's highest award (and that would certainly be a huge oversight if he ideed actually was awarded). I have removed any refernce to the MOH from the article. If anyone would like to disagree, then let me know. bahamut0013^words_deeds 06:19, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for finding and correcting the error — which was obviously introduced without any evidence to support the claim. Possible, as you noted, that it was a good faith edit. Unfortunate that it remained in the article for so long. — ERcheck (talk) 14:27, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, good catch. The medal he is wearing is a GAR membership medal. — jwillbur 17:02, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

jwillbur — thanks for showing us the GAR membership medal. Any idea on the other two that he is wearing? — ERcheck (talk) 00:37, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

The second one looks like a Loyal Legion medal. I would guess that the third is from another veterans' organization, but I can't place it. — jwillbur 02:37, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Interesting... Seems that a lot of the military men of the 19th century tended to wear unauthorized devices quite frequently. For example, Littleton Waller drove me nuts with that little triangular medal till I actuall decided to sit and read the whole article. _spǝǝp^spɹoʍ3100ʇnɯɐɥɐq 17:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)