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Medal of Honor Recipient

Leroy Williams

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001215Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

June 3, 1864

Cold Harbor, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company G, 8th New York Heavy Artillery

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of the enemy's sharpshooters and located the body of his colonel who had been killed close to the enemy's lines. Under cover of darkness, with 4 companions, he recovered the body and brought it within the Union lines, having approached within a few feet of the Confederate pickets while so engaged.
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Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of the enemy's sharpshooters and located the body of his colonel who had been killed close to the enemy's lines. Under cover of darkness, with four companions, he recovered the body and brought it within the Union lines, having approached within a few feet of the Confederate pickets while so engaged.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Leroy Williams — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Leroy Williams — The United States Army Civil War Medal of Honor recipient roll ↗The United States Army Civil War Medal of Honor recipient roll · Checked 2026-08-28

    the historical Le Roy Williams spelling, rank, unit, action date, place, and citation

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001221
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
First Lieutenant
Archive transcription SHA-256
713a1c18cfc0671d454db0e13b5d753d9c478636df772e8a7ce9682bb4923d2e

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited Le Roy Williams candidate set did not include the current closed-up reference URL. Controlled archival reference search recovered Leroy Williams, while the official Army roll preserves Le Roy Williams. Both spellings, all inherited candidates, citation variants, provenance, and checksums remain preserved.

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