Civil War
William Sands
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company G, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry
7 February 1865 · Dabney's Mills, Va, 6_
Public domain. Beyer, Walter F. and Oscar F. Keydel. “Deeds of Valor: How America's Heroes Won the Medal of Honor: A History of Our Country’s Recent Wars in Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men Who Were Rewarded by Congress for Most Conspicuous Acts of Bravery on the Battlefield, on the High Seas and in Arctic Explorations”, Vol. 1: “Valorous Deeds at Hatcher’s Run”, p. 485. Detroit, M Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Dabney's Mills, Va, 6_
The citation
Official citation
Grasped the enemy's colors in the face of a deadly fire and brought them inside the lines.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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