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Civil War
William H. Woodall
Civilian scout · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Headquarters, during Civil War
April 9, 1865 · Virginia, Appomattox campaign, Sailors Creek
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Virginia
- Action
- Virginia, Appomattox campaign, Sailors Creek
The citation
Official citation
Captured flag of Brigadier General Rufus Barringer's headquarters brigade. (In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900 unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S. Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)