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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Sands

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-003001Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

1865-02-06 through 1865-02-07

Dabney's Mills, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company G, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Grasped the enemy's colors in the face of a deadly fire and brought them inside the lines.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. William Sands — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003016
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Entered service at
Reading, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
4ee1c162b6e9391bf2bd83424b9e3c13fcbbd0d0d865cca3d74850c32b81ccb5

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

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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