Civil War
William H. Paul
Private · U.S. Army
Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
17 September 1862 · Antietam, Maryland
Public domain. Beyer, Walter F. and Oscar F. Keydel. "Deeds of Valor: How America’s Heroes Won the Medal of Honor: Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men Who Were Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Most Conspicuous Acts of Bravery in Bravery Combined with an Abridged History of Our Country’s Wars", Vol. I: “The Flag Was Saved”, p. 90. Detroit, Michigan: The Perrien-Keydel Compa Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Antietam, Maryland
The citation
Official citation
Under a most withering and concentrated fire, voluntarily picked up the colors of his regiment, when the bearer and 2 of the color guard had been killed, and bore them aloft throughout the entire battle.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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