Lieutenant Colonel

William Young Warren Ripley

Organization: 1st U.S. Sharpshooters

Entered Service: Rutland, Vt.

Birth: unknown

Date Medal Issued: 11 March 1893

Date of Action: 1 July 1862

Place of Action: Malvern Hill, Va.

Citation

At a critical moment brought up two regiments, which he led against the enemy himself, being severely wounded.