This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOODALL Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YFXBAEB/730 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm WOODALL, WILLIAM H. Rank and organization: Civilian scout, U.S. Army, Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Headquarters, during Civil War. Place and date: Virginia, Appomattox campaign, Sailors Creek, March 29 to April 9, 1865. Entered service at Winchester, Virginia. Birthdate: unknown. Date of issue: 25 April 1865. Place: Washington, D.C., 3 May 1865. Note: Was Chief Civilian Scout for Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Cavalry Corps, which consisted of VI and XIX Corps. Citation: Captured flag of Brigadier General Rufus Barringer's headquarters brigade. (In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900 unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S. Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)