McCAMMON, WILLIAM W.
Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, Company E, 24th Missouri Infantry. Place
and Date: At Corinth, Miss., 3 October 1862. Entered Service At: Montgomery
County, Mo. Birth: Ohio. Date Of Issue: 9 July 1896.
Citation:
While on duty as provost marshal, voluntarily assumed command of his company, then
under fire, and so continued in command until the repulse and retreat of the enemy on the
following day, the loss to this company during the battle being very great.
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