Medal of Honor
1864-09-29
Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 38th U.S. Colored Infantry
- Presentation date
- April 6, 1865
The Citation
Sources ↓Among the first to enter the enemy's works; although wounded.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Henry Barnes — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003084
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- df1a7bdaea392e31f5a1fc44816291c542d0b6fa74a6ac19cc90490d97b4eb1e
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile expands the middle name; the legacy initialed form remains preserved as an alias. Private is retained as rank at action, distinct from the later highest rank Sergeant.