Unit/Command: Company E, 2d Maryland Veteran Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 30, 1864
Medal of Honor Action Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Citation
Finding himself among a squad of Confederates, he fired into them, killing one, and was himself wounded, but succeeded in bringing in a sergeant and two men of the 17th South Carolina Regiment (C.S.A.) as prisoners.
Medal of Honor Recipient William H. Mathews
Additional Details
Accredited to: Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: July 10, 1892
Born: March 3, 1844, Devizes, England
Died: February 7, 1928, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Buried: The Green-Wood Cemetery (23377-185), Brooklyn, NY, United States