b. 03/03/1847 Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky. d. 22/10/1922 Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 21/05/1862 Corinth, Mississippi.
William H Horsfall MOH
He was born in 1847, in Newport, Kentucky. He enlisted as a drummer in Company G, 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, on December 31, 1861, at age 14. Horsfall performed his act of heroism as a 15-year-old drummer in Co. G, 1st Kentucky Infantry. The medal was awarded for saving the life of a wounded officer during the Siege of Corinth on May 21, 1862.
Horsfall was later commander of William Nelson Post GAR of Newport. He died on October 22, 1922 in Newport and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate, Kentucky.
MOH CITATION:
Saved the life of a wounded officer lying between the lines.
BURIAL LOCATION: EVERGREEN CEMETERY, SOUTHGATE, KENTUCKY.
SECTION GAR, GRAVE 72.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.
