William H. Horsfall
Military Person
1847 – 1922
Who was William H. Horsfall?
William H. Horsfall was one of the youngest men to receive the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. He was born in 1847, in Newport, Kentucky. He enlisted as a drummer in Company G, !st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, on December 31, 1861, at age 14. Horsfall performed his act of heroism as a 15 year old drummer in Co. G, 1st Kentucky Infantry. The medal was awarded for saving the life of a wounded officer during the Siege of Corinth on May 21, 1862.
Horsfall was later commander of William Nelson Post GAR of Newport. He died on October 22, 1922 in Newport and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate, Kentucky.
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- Born
- Mar 3, 1847
Newport - Also known as
- William Horsfall
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Newport
- Died
- Oct 22, 1922
Newport - Resting place
- Evergreen Cemetery (Southgate, Kentucky)
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on July 23, 2013
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