Medal of Honor
April 27, 1863
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 113th Illinois Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily acted as a fireman on a steam tug which ran the blockade and passed the batteries under a heavy fire.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Wallace Burritt — 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-000636
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Chicago, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 8457be2ff93918727a16b7107e83055ce78c920ca68390d6d60ca86cdf37e880
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 action metadata and citation.