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    WH O WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIER TO RECEIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR?

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      William Harvey Carney was the first African American to perform an action for which a Medal of Honor was awarded, but Robert Blake was the first to actually receive the Medal (Blake's was issued in 1864, Carney did not receive his until 1900).

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