DICKEY, WILLIAM D. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Captain, Battery M, 15th New York Heavy Artillery.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Newburgh,
N.Y. Born: 11 January 1845, Newburgh, N.Y. Date of issue: 10 June 1896.
Citation: Refused to leave the field, remaining in command after being
wounded by a piece of shell, and led his command in the assault on the
enemy's works on the following day.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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