Medal of Honor
March 7, 1862
Pea Ridge, Arkansas, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 37th Illinois Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Single-handedly confronted the enemy, firing a rifle at them and thus checking their advance within 100 yards of the lines.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Singlehandedly confronted the enemy, firing a rifle at them, and thus checked their advance within 100 yards of the lines.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Perkins Black — 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-000599
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Danville, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 25f2f768ec968f4257eec59a9bcc5f439d7c251a72c3a46893c3156166942cf0
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands the middle name and confirms the award record.