Unit/Command: Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 18, 1863
Medal of Honor Action Place: Fort Wagner, South Carolina, USA
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.
Medal of Honor Recipient William H. Carney
Additional Details
Accredited to: New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: May 23, 1900
Born: February 29, 1840, Norfolk, Norfolk County, VA, United States
Died: December 9, 1908, New Bedford, MA, United States
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery (MH) (LL-78), New Bedford, MA, United States