The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private William Wallace Cranston, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 May 1863, while serving with Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry, in action at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Private Cranston was one of a party of four who voluntarily brought in a wounded Confederate officer from within the enemy’s line in the face of a constant fire.