Medal of Honor
September 29, 1864
Fort Harrison, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company I, 188th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓First to plant the colors of his State on the fortifications.
Sources & record notes
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- William L. Graul — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001461
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Reading, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 51d5119a6632e4899916bd8c7e9585854629c0c45ebe72a526d567c6f9cd8721
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Controlled archival reference search recovered the current profile outside the generated candidate set. The current reference profile identifies the recipient as William L. Graul; the inherited William Graul rendering remains preserved. All inherited candidate URLs and the recovered current URL remain in the controlled resolution audit trail.