Elwood N. Williams

Private · U.S. Army

Company A, 28th Illinois Infantry

6 April 1862 · Shiloh, Tennessee

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Civil War
Home state: Illinois
Action: Shiloh, Tennessee

The citation

Official citation

A box of ammunition having been abandoned between the lines, this soldier voluntarily went forward with one companion, under a heavy fire from both armies, secured the box, and delivered it within the line of his regiment, his companion being mortally wounded.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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