Years of service 1861 - 1865 Rank Sergeant | Name William Sickles | |
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Born October 27, 1844
Danube, New York ( 1844-10-27 ) Died September 26, 1938(1938-09-26) (aged 93)
Orting, Washington Place of burial Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, Orting, Washington Allegiance United States of America
Union Service/branch United States Army
Union Army | ||
William H. Sickles (October 27, 1844 – September 26, 1938) was a soldier in the Union Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.
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Biography
Sickles was born on October 27, 1844 in Danube, New York but his official residence was listed as Fall River, Wisconsin. He joined the US Army in May 1861, and mustered out in July 1865.
Sickles died on September 26, 1938 at the Washington Soldiers Home in Orting, Washington and is buried there in Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, near his comrade and fellow MOH recipient Albert O'Connor. At the time of his death, he was the last living MOH recipient of the American Civil War.
Medal of Honor citation
Citation:
For extraordinary heroism on 31 March 1865, while serving with Company B, 7th Wisconsin Infantry, in action at Gravelly Run, Virginia. With a comrade, Sergeant Sickles attempted capture of a stand of Confederate colors and detachment of nine Confederates, actually taking prisoner three members of the detachment, dispersing the remainder, and recapturing a Union officer who was a prisoner in hands of the detachment.