Medal of Honor
August 16, 1864
Deep Bottom, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company F, 85th Pennsylvania 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 Edman Leonard — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- William Edman Leonard — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-29
conflicting action date of April 16, 1864 at Deep Bottom, Virginia
- William Edman Leonard — National Medal of Honor Museum ↗National Medal of Honor Museum · Checked 2026-08-29
expanded identity, service, unit, Civil War conflict, 1864 action year, and citation wording
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001524
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Jacksonville, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 2c7857130f2909d5cec5a799e7190d3769a222d4a73e8cef6e937d2f9e1836b2
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 Edman Leonard; the inherited William E. Leonard rendering remains preserved. Canonical action metadata follows the current Society date 1864-08-16; the inherited 1864-04-16 date remains preserved as a documented source variant. The current Society August 16 date conflicts with the inherited and Army April 16 date; both remain preserved and the exact General Order comparison remains pending.