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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Laing

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001511Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

September 29, 1864

Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 158th New York Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Was among the first to scale the parapet.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. William Laing — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001519
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
New York, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
45f58dcdb1d7597525693ed9021830bdc94ad05a018e69e40eaeaae6efa41c6f

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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