The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Boatswain’s Mate William Moore, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action, serving as Boatswain’s Mate on board the U.S.S. Benton during the attack on Haines Bluff, Yazoo River, Mississippi, 27 December 1862. Wounded during the hour-and-a-half engagement in which the enemy had the dead range of the vessel and was punishing her with heavy fire, Boatswain’s Mate Moore served courageously in carrying lines to the shore until the Benton was ordered to withdraw.