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Civil War
William Taylor
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Co. H, and 2d Lt. Co. M, 1st Maryland Inf
23 May 1862 · Front Royal, Va, At Weldon Railroad, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- District of Columbia
- Action
- Front Royal, Va, At Weldon Railroad, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
When a sergeant, at Front Royal, Va., he was painfully wounded while obeying an order to burn a bridge, but, persevering in the attempt, he burned the bridge and prevented its use by the enemy. Later, at Weldon Railroad, Va., then a lieutenant, he voluntarily took the place of a disabled officer and undertook a hazardous reconnaissance beyond the lines of the army; was taken prisoner in the attempt.