Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Rescued the colors of the 107th Ohio Volunteers from the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Ernest Goodman — 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-001459
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6a44029a01ebd5b413eeac198e864f9d6078fe674c1a46a3a728830ec7608082
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile identifies the recipient as William Ernest Goodman; the inherited William E. Goodman rendering remains preserved.