What is List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Boxer Rebellion?
{{Medal of Honor recipients}} The Boxer Movement or [[Boxer Rebellion]] was a Chinese uprising from November 1899 to September 7, 1901. It was against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China during the final years of the Manchu rule ([[Qing Dynasty]]).<ref name=Esherick154>{{Cite book|accessdate=December 23, 2012 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jVESdBSMasMC&q=Medal+of+Honor |title= The Origins of the Boxer Uprising |author= Esherick, Joseph W. |year=1987 |page=154 |publisher= University of California Press |isbn= 0-520-06459-3}}</ref> The members of the Chinese [[Righteous Harmony Society|Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists]] were simply called ''boxers'' by the Westerners. This was due to the martial arts and calisthenics they practiced. It began as an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, peasant-based movement that attacked foreigners who were building railroads and violating [[Feng shui]]. [[Christian]]s who they felt were responsible for foreign domination of China were also targeted. In June 1900, the Boxers invaded [[Beijing]] and killed 230 non-Chinese. Before it ended, tens of thousands of Chinese Christians, Catholic and Protestants were killed. Most of them in the [[Shandong]] and [[Shanxi]] provinces.<ref name=Esherick154/> The government of [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] gave her support to the boxers. This caused foreign diplomats, civilians, soldiers and even some Chinese Christians to retreat. They went to the [[Beijing Legation Quarter|legation quarter]]. They held out against the boxers for 55 days. A multinational coalition rushed 20,000 troops to their rescue. The Chinese government was forced to compensate the victims and make many additional concessions. Subsequent reforms implemented after the crisis of 1900 laid the foundation for the end of the [[Qing Dynasty]]. It establishment of the modern [[Chinese Republic]].<ref name=Esherick154/> The [[Medal of Honor]] was created during the [[American Civil War]]. It is the highest