Medal of Honor
January 15, 1865
Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 169th New York Infantry
- Presentation date
- May 27, 1905
The Citation
Sources ↓Volunteered to carry the brigade flag after the bearer was wounded.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Henry Freeman — 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-001448
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Troy, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d5c1a603275a48fd1094035f395aedcf29f93a98855001e916991653e41e79e4
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 Henry Freeman; the inherited William H. Freeman rendering remains preserved.