Photograph associated with William Sands

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

Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

Audio credits