United States of America
U.S. Army · United States 
William H. Mathews
1844 – 1928
William H. Mathews served the U.S. Army. William was 83 years old.
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U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
30 July 1864 · At Petersburg, Va. · First Sergeant, Company E, 2d Maryland Veteran Infantry.
Finding himself among a squad of Confederates, he fired into them, killing 1, and was himself wounded, but succeeded in bringing in a sergeant and 2 men of the 17th South Carolina Regiment (C.S.A.) as prisoners. (Enlisted in 1861 at Baltimore, Md., under the name Henry Sivel, and original Medal of Honor issued under that name. A new medal was issued in 1900 under true name, William H Mathew.)
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
Finding himself among a squad of Confederates, he fired into them, killing 1, and was himself wounded, but succeeded in bringing in a sergeant and 2 men of the 17th South Carolina Regiment (C.S.A.) as prisoners. (Enlisted in 1861 at Baltimore, Md., under the name Henry Sivel, and original Medal of Honor issued under that name. A new medal was issued in 1900 under true name, William H Mathew.)
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