Medal of Honor
May 22, 1863
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 4th West Virginia Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Bumgarner — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- William Bumgarner — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-28
the conflicting inherited and Army April 2, 1862 Petersburg action rendering and exact source preservation
- William Bumgarner — Congressional Medal of Honor Society ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current Society classification of William Bumgarner among the Vicksburg campaign recipients
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001393
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Mason City, W. Va.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c9d98d3ce07aa7fc941b3e2f050b122f1749afb9fe457d17e9a11f429803968f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile and Society Vicksburg-recipient list place this action at Vicksburg on May 22, 1863. The inherited record and current official Army citation index render Petersburg on April 2, 1862. The canonical record follows the current reference profile and campaign list while preserving the Army/inherited date-place variant explicitly as conflicting official evidence.