Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company F, 2d Vermont Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Standing upon the top of the breastworks, deliberately took aim and fired no less than 15 shots into the enemy's lines, but a few yards away.
Sources & record notes
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- William W. Noyes — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000990
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Montpelier, Vt.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 0ef9d67ae64db5a0256fbe5ba06867660d8abd7ee47735f939fcb17aa06d6c0e
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