Medal of Honor
January 14, 1865
Dardanelle, Arkansas, USA
- Rank at action
- First Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 3d Wisconsin Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Remained at his post after receiving three wounds, and only retired, by his commanding officer's orders, after being wounded the fourth time.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Remained at his post after receiving three wounds, and only retired, by his commanding officer's orders, after being wounded a fourth time.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Ellis — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000732
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Little Rock, Ark.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 13b20a19fcc98095938e3554360e762c5791d8580a2b54bd78a1f571e676b059
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current Society citation says “a fourth time,” while the inherited citation says “the fourth time”; both complete texts and hashes are preserved.