Medal of Honor
April 6, 1865
Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 2d Ohio Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Having been captured and taken to the rear, made his escape rejoined the Union lines, and furnished information of great importance as to the enemy's position and the approaches thereto.
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Having been captured and taken to the rear, Richardson made his escape, rejoined the Union lines, and furnished information of great importance as to the enemy's position and the approaches thereto.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William R. Richardson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001057
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Washington, Ohio
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f4769fee16f512807713eb997b1d4f3e03947698b93339da7d433ed951f33a6e
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.