Medal of Honor
March 29–April 9, 1865
Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Scout
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Cavalry Corps Headquarters
The Citation
Sources ↓Was Chief Civilian Scout for Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Cavalry Corps, which consisted of VI and XIX Corps. Citation: Captured flag of Brigadier General Rufus Barringer's headquarters brigade.
(In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900 unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S. Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William H Woodall — 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-003079
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Winchester, Virginia
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 1e8862a47576a831aadea001b9b7b724f599b69ed1d18d234b12b5c3b3c84318
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile renders the middle initial without punctuation and records the rank as Scout; the legacy punctuated name and Civilian Scout wording remain preserved as attributed variants.