William Sickles Explained

William H. Sickles
Birth Date:27 October 1844
Birth Place:Danube, New York, US
Death Place:Orting, Washington, US
Placeofburial:Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, Orting, Washington
Placeofburial Label:Place of burial
Allegiance: Union
Branch: United States Army Union Army
Serviceyears:1861 - 1865
Rank: Sergeant
Unit:7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles:American Civil War
Awards: Medal of Honor

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.

Biography

Sickles was born on October 27, 1844, in Danube, New York, but his official residence was listed as Fall River, Wisconsin.[1] He joined the US Army in May 1861, and mustered out in July 1865.

Sickles served as justice of the peace in Orting, Washington.[2]

Sickles died on September 26, 1938, at the Washington Soldiers Home in Orting and is buried there in Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, near his comrade and fellow MOH recipient Albert O'Connor.[3] He was the last surviving MOH recipient of the American Civil War. [4]

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/1245/sickles-william-h.php Congressional Medal of Honor Society
  2. News: Aged Man Beaten . Spokane Chronicle . March 22, 1933 . Spokane, WA . 9 . . June 28, 2021.
  3. http://civilwarintheeast.com/People/S/SicklesW.php Short Bio
  4. http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=3285 Hall of Valor