File:Sgt. William Wilson, Two-Time U.S. Medal of Honor Winner (San Francisco Call, Dec. 25, 1895).jpg

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Illustration of two-time U.S. Medal of Honor Winner Sgt. William Wilson, which was published with his obituary in the December 25, 1895 "San Francisco Call" newspaper.

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English: Sgt. William Wilson, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a winner of the U.S.Medal of Honor. One of only 19 members of the United States military to be awarded this honor twice, he received the award for the valor he displayed at Colorado Valley, Texas on March 28, 1872 and at Red River, Texas on September 29, 1872. He was a sergeant with Troop B of the U.S. Army's 4th Cavalry at the time of his death from stomach cancer at the Presidio of San Francisco on December 22, 1895.
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Source "A Brave Soldier Dead: Sergeant Wilson of the Fourth Cavalry Succumbs to Cancer." San Francisco, California: "The San Francisco Call," December 25, 1895 (public domain courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1895-12-25/ed-1/seq-49/).
Author "The San Franciso Call," San Francisco, California, December 25, 1895: "A Brave Soldier Dead: Sergeant Wilson of the Fourth Cavalry Succumbs to Cancer" (public domain article from 1895, courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1895-12-25/ed-1/seq-49/).

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