Civil War
John Shanes
Private · U.S. Army
Company K, 14th West Virginia Infantry
20 July 1864 · Carters Farm, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- West Virginia
- Action
- Carters Farm, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Charged upon a Confederate fieldpiece in advance of his comrades and by his individual exertions silenced the piece.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.