Medal of Honor
April 2, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Bravely assisted in the capture of one of the enemy's guns; with the first troops to enter the city, captured the flag of the Confederate customhouse.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William R Fox — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000759
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Corporal
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 14acd57bdab9b551b8f4035ccac1e675bb2bfb338986514ee4fa8c41523c76ca
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.