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Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Division:

    7th U.S. Infantry

    Action Date:

    July 9, 1876

    Date of Issue: July 9, 1876

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private William Evans, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 9 July 1876, while serving with Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry, in action at Big Horn, Montana. Private Evans carried dispatches to Brigadier General Crook through a country occupied by Sioux.