b. 02/09/1847 Newport, Kentucky. d. 10/06/1903 Cincinnati, Ohio.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 22/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.
William Steinmetz was born in Newport, Kentucky, on September 2, 1847. He was a Corporal in the American Civil War. He entered service at Sunman, Indiana, and he served in the Union Army in Company G, 83rd Indiana Infantry. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He did not receive his Medal until July 12, 1894.
Steinmetz was one of ten 83rd Indiana soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War (the others being Private Clinton L. Armstrong, Private Thomas A. Blasdel, Private Emmer Bowen, Private William W. Chisman, Private John W. Conaway, Private Joseph Frantz, Private David H. Helms, Private Jacob H. Overturf, Private Reuben Smalley, and Private Frank Stolz).
MOH CITATION:
Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”
BURIAL LOCATION: WESLEYAN CEMETERY, CINCINNATI, OHIO.
SECTION S, RANGE 10, GRAVE 10. (ALSO LISTED AS SECTION S, ROW 10, GRAVE 22).
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.
