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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Wesley Kendall

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000879Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 17, 1863

Black River Bridge, Mississippi, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 49th Indiana Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily led the company in a charge and was the first to enter the enemy's works, taking a number of prisoners.

Sources & record notes

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  1. William Wesley Kendall — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000885
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
First Lieutenant
Entered service at
Dubois County, Ind.
Archive transcription SHA-256
e848015235acb73ccb008c6f52c69790a11b7bc4c6f1f5a1cbd9b337efe4da7b

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

The current profile expands the middle name, distinguishes First Sergeant at action from later First Lieutenant, and replaces an unrelated Louisiana geocoder result with Black River Bridge, Mississippi.