Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry
Place and date: At Fort Wagner, S.C., 18 July 1863
Entered service at: New Bedford, Mass.
Date of issue: 23 May 1900
Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded.
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CARNEY, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry
Place and date: At Fort Wagner, S.C., 18 July 1863
Entered service at: New Bedford, Mass.
Date of issue: 23 May 1900
Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded.