Medal of Honor
April 3, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 1st New Jersey Veteran Battalion
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of battle flag of 46th North Carolina (C.S.A.).
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Brant Jr. — 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-001383
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Captain
- Entered service at
- Elizabeth, N.J.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 5485d812b20f9753bf0aad17e0f3ab6c27448f986d699ca66ddae7b4a0f1fd0b
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.