William H. Horsfall

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William H. Horsfall was one of the youngest men to receive the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. William was born in 1847, in Newport, Kentucky. He was a 15 year old drummer in Co. C, First Kentucky Infantry. The medal was awarded for saving the life of a wounded officer during combat at Corinth, Mississippi, on May 21, 1862.

He died on Oct 22, 1922, at his Newport home, 218 West Third Street. William is buried in Evergreen Cemetery (Southgate, Kentucky). Horsfall was commander of William Nelson Post GAR of Newport.