Medal of Honor
April 23, 1864
Cane River Crossing, Louisiana, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Ordnance Department, U.S. Army
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily led a successful assault on a fortified position.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Sully Beebe — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001375
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major
- Entered service at
- Thompson, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- b19594f796b7393cd9256b7bc7162d35f9c8c7ea5b341a8cb41b39f843dd3a30
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands the name, specifies Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, and renders the action rank as “First lieutenant.” Controlled canonical capitalization is used while the exact source form remains documented.