United States of America
U.S. Army · United States 
Elwood N. Williams
1842 – 1921
Elwood N. Williams served the U.S. Army. Elwood was 78 years old.
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U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
6 April 1862 · At Shiloh, Tenn. · Private, Company A, 28th Illinois Infantry.
A box of ammunition having been abandoned between the lines, this soldier voluntarily went forward with one companion, under a heavy fire from both armies, secured the box, and delivered it within the line of his regiment, his companion being mortally wounded.
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
A box of ammunition having been abandoned between the lines, this soldier voluntarily went forward with one companion, under a heavy fire from both armies, secured the box, and delivered it within the line of his regiment, his companion being mortally wounded.
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