Photograph associated with William W. Noyes

Civil War

William W. Noyes

Private · U.S. Army

Company F, 2d Vermont Infantry

12 May 1864 · Spotsylvania, Virginia

Public domain. "Vermont Watchman and State Journal" (Subscription required). Source file

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Vermont
Action
Spotsylvania, Virginia

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Official citation

Standing upon the top of the breastworks, deliberately took aim and fired no less than 15 shots into the enemy's lines, but a few yards away.

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