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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Magee

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000924Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

December 5, 1864

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Drummer
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 33d New Jersey Infantry

The Citation

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In a charge, was among the first to reach a battery of the enemy and, with one or two others, mounted the artillery horses and took two guns into the Union lines.
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In a charge, Magee was among the first to reach a battery of the enemy and, with one or two others, mounted the artillery horses and took two guns into the Union lines.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. William Magee — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000930
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Archive transcription SHA-256
a470864678784888d5cbcb05604126277ce7b938273fbbadb8292f04b60ebcf3

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

The current Society rendering restores “Magee” as the subject after the opening phrase. The inherited complete citation, which omits the name, remains preserved with its original checksum.

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