William Sickles
{{short description|United States Army Medal of Honor recipient}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=William H. Sickles
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1844|10|27}}
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1938|9|26|1844|10|27}}
|image=William H Sickles 1913 public domain USGov.jpg
|caption=Medal of Honor recipient William H Sickles 1913
|nickname=
|birth_place= Danube, New York, US
|death_place= Orting, Washington, US
|placeofburial= Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, Orting, Washington
|placeofburial_label= Place of burial
|allegiance= {{nowrap|{{flag|United States of America|1861}}}} Union
|branch= 25px United States Army Union Army
|serviceyears= 1861 - 1865
|rank= File:Union Army Infantry Sergeant.png Sergeant
|unit= 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
|commands=
|battles=American Civil War
|awards=20px Medal of Honor
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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.[http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/1245/sickles-william-h.php Congressional Medal of Honor Society] He joined the US Army in May 1861, and mustered out in July 1865.
Sickles served as justice of the peace in Orting, Washington.{{cite news|title=Aged Man Beaten |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80399078/william-sickles-1844-1938/ |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |date=March 22, 1933 |location=Spokane, WA |page=9 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date=June 28, 2021}} {{Open access}}
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.[http://civilwarintheeast.com/People/S/SicklesW.php Short Bio] He was the last surviving MOH recipient of the American Civil War. [http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=3285 Hall of Valor]
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
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
References
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Category:People from Herkimer County, New York
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Category:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
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Category:People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor