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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Wallace McCammon

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000939Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

October 3, 1862

Corinth, Mississippi, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 24th Missouri Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
While on duty as provost marshal, voluntarily assumed command of his company, then under fire, and so continued in command until the repulse and retreat of the enemy on the following day, the loss to this company during the battle being very great.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

While on duty as provost marshal, voluntarily assumed command of his company, then under fire, and so continued in command until the repulse and retreat of the enemy on the following day, the loss to his company during the battle being very great.

Sources & record notes

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  1. William Wallace McCammon — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000945
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Major Ret.
Entered service at
Montgomery County, Mo.
Archive transcription SHA-256
70635bd271fed27ffa424fd8105d4d620386bf30f6df136127f3a006d8b1ce82

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

The current reference profile expands the inherited middle initial, records Major Ret. as the highest rank, and reads “his company” where the inherited citation reads “this company.” Both complete versions remain preserved.