BABCOCK, WILLIAM J. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company E, 2d Rhode Island Infantry.
Place and date:   At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865.

Entered service at:   South Kingston, R.I.

Birth:   Griswold, Conn.

Date of issue:   2 March 1895.

Citation:   Planted the flag upon the parapet while the enemy still occupied the line; was the first of his regiment to enter the works.

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)