Medal of Honor Recipient

William B. Avery

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-001360Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Rank at action: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: U.S. Civil War
Unit or command: 1st New York Marine Artillery

The Citation

Handled his battery with greatest coolness amidst the hottest fire.

Sources & record notes

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

William B. Avery — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-001368
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank: Captain
Entered service at: Providence, R.I.
Archive transcription SHA-256: 0543e0cd50f1edc5ee4351497bed8920aae13cd44115a2942444d1381972b079

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

The current profile refines the action rank from the inherited Lieutenant rendering to Second Lieutenant and records Captain as the later rank.