William Evans
Born: 1851 at Annagh, Ireland
Home Town: St. Louis, Missouri
Date of Issue: July 9, 1876
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private William Evans, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 9 July 1876, while serving with Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry, in action at Big Horn, Montana. Private Evans carried dispatches to Brigadier General Crook through a country occupied by Sioux.
