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Medal of Honor Recipient

Daniel A. Woods

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001658Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 6, 1865

Deatonsville (Sailor’s Creek), Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of flag of 18th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.).
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Capture of flag, 18th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.)

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Daniel A. Woods — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Daniel A. Woods — United States Army ↗United States Army · Checked 2026-08-29

    conflicting Company K, 1st Virginia Cavalry unit rendering for Daniel A. Woods

  3. Daniel A. Woods — West Virginia Encyclopedia ↗West Virginia Encyclopedia · Checked 2026-08-29

    Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry unit and April 6, 1865 Sailors Creek action for Daniel A. Woods

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001666
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Archive transcription SHA-256
e171456898557cc4c5d082dacb3c45008e367e226942d9c607286119c646d3b9

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current reference profile and West Virginia Encyclopedia identify Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. The inherited record and current Army citation index use 1st Virginia Cavalry. Canonical metadata follows the independently corroborated West Virginia unit while the Army and legacy Virginia variant remains preserved. The documented Wood/Woods name variant is retained.

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