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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Henry Powell

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001027Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

November 26, 1862

Sinking Creek, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Major
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
2d West Virginia Cavalry

The Citation

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Distinguished services in raid, where with 20 men, he charged and captured the enemy's camp, 500 strong, without the loss of man or gun.
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Distinguished services in raid, where with 20 men, he charged and captured the enemy's camp, 500 strong, without the loss of a man or gun.

Sources & record notes

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  1. William Henry Powell — 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-001033
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Major General
Entered service at
Ironton, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
38704636b4e8ef37b6beca10be18d05049c1a6afc2376e786caa9befad73f780

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

The current reference profile confirms the award, expands the middle name, records Major as the action rank and Brevet Major General as the highest later rank, expands the inherited state-only place to Sinking Creek, and restores the article a before man in the rendered citation.

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