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Date
1907
Place
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Copyright holder
Beyer & Keydel

William Sands, Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a First Sergeant in the Union Army in Company G, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on February 6 and 7, 1865 at Dabney's Mills, Virginia. His citation reads "Grasped the enemy's colors in the face of a deadly fire and brought them inside the lines."

Birth: Oct. 14, 1835
Death: Oct. 31, 1918

From DEEDS OF VALOR ed. by Beyer & Keydel (1907), 1: 485. Added by: Leon Basile, 10/20/2008.

Burial: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section C, Lot 395PT

Records maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Feb 22, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7203340

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