 It was a solemn and a moving observance at the White House the other day, and one that all agree was long overdue. During an East Room ceremony, the President awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Privates Philip Shadrach and George Wilson for conspicuous gallantry. In 1862, they stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory and drove it north while destroying railroad tracks and telegraph lines. The heroic deeds went unacknowledged for over a century.