Medal of Honor
June 12, 1864
Trevilian Station, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Horse Battery D, 2d U.S. Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓Distinguished gallantry.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Edward Bancroft Williston — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001663
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brigadier General
- Entered service at
- San Francisco, Calif.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- df924bc4acf6b36f12aa3e83af3291726bea8fccc9e6471139cf64d073cabe73
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.