William Sands
Born: October 14, 1835 at Reading, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Reading, Pennsylvania
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: November 9, 1893
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Sergeant William Sands, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on February 6 – 7, 1865, while serving with Company G, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Dabney’s Mills, Virginia. First Sergeant Sands grasped the enemy’s colors in the face of a deadly fire and brought them inside the lines.