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William Carney

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MEDAL OF HONOR 
CITATION

Place: Fort Wagner, South Carolina, near Charleston
Date: July 18, 1863
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry
Entered service at: New Bedford, Mass. 
Birth: Norfolk, Va.
Date of issue: 23 May 1900

Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded.

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