Nicholas S. Bouquet (14 November 1842 – 27 December 1912) was a German soldier who fought in the American Civil War.

Bouquet received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor,[1] for his action during the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri on 10 August 1861.

Before the breakout of the American Civil war he worked as a cooper and barrel maker in Burlington.

[4] During the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Bouquet assisted another gunner from Company A, which was manning the Totten's Battery, in retrieving a disabled gun and preventing it from being captured by the Confederates.

[citation needed] Voluntarily left the line of battle, and, exposing himself to imminent danger from a heavy fire of the enemy, assisted in capturing a riderless horse at large between the lines and hitching him to a disabled gun, saved the gun from capture.