Thanks of Congress

Similarly, the Confederate Congress also passed resolutions honoring extraordinary performance to individuals or military units.

[1] Two naval officers were immediately promoted after receiving the award, John L. Worden of USS Monitor[5] and William B.

[1][7] Only one officer, General Ulysses S. Grant, received both the Thanks of Congress and a Congressional Gold Medal during the Civil War.

[7] In 1914, the Thanks of Congress were given to three Latin American diplomats: Domício da Gama, Rómulo Sebastián Naón, and Eduardo Suárez Mujica, for their work at the Niagara Falls peace conference which helped avert a war with Mexico.

[38] In August 1962 Congress thanked General of the Army Douglas MacArthur at a special joint session.