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Medal of Honor Recipient

Daniel B. Moore

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000966Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 9, 1865

Fort Blakely, Alabama, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 11th Wisconsin Infantry

The Citation

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At the risk of his own life saved the life of an officer who had been shot down and overpowered by superior numbers.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Daniel B. Moore — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000972
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Captain
Entered service at
Mifflin, Wis.
Archive transcription SHA-256
5409363d87bfbc37b44ce376ec54ec09ff69645dbcfcb6100121aaf67cd6fb05

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

The current profile confirms the award, records Brevet Captain as the highest later rank, and replaces the inherited Georgia geocoder result with Fort Blakely, Alabama.