Medal of Honor
April 2, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 2d Rhode Island Infantry
- Presentation date
- March 2, 1895
The Citation
Sources ↓Planted the flag upon the parapet while the enemy still occupied the line; was the first of his regiment to enter the works.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William J Babcock — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000575
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Other source unit wording
- 2d Rhode Island Infantry
- Entered service at
- South Kingston, R.I.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- bc4170c16070df491951a89d8e1c04be14fa944377fabc35b80b03af9ca316c0
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity, Army service, Sergeant rank, April 2, 1865 action, Petersburg location, and citation. The Society structured unit omits Company E; the inherited record retains Company E.