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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Edgar Simonds

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001100Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

April 14, 1863

Irish Bend, Louisiana, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant Major
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
25th Connecticut Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Displayed great gallantry, under a heavy fire from the enemy, in calling in the skirmishers and assisting in forming the line of battle.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. William Edgar Simonds — 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-001106
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Second Lieutenant
Entered service at
Canton, Conn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
63d6503618c5cd7e02f79e6130a327418f606c97e36ba6eb0d68a9e05b73e381

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

The current reference profile confirms the award; highest later rank retained as Second Lieutenant; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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