Civil War
William Wells
Major · U.S. Army
1st Vermont Cavalry
3 July 1863 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Public domain. Hiram Carleton Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Vermont
- Action
- Battle of Gettysburg
The citation
Official citation
Led the second battalion of his regiment in a daring charge.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.