Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Salem Heights, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 4th Vermont Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Distinguished bravery in action where he was wounded and had a horse shot from under him.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Daniel Davis Wheeler — 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-001206
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brigadier General Ret.
- Entered service at
- Cavendish, Vt.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 3e3e3d62acf078fd95b381a8117880adeda0d4bcd34c8f649e8d719b883fff0b
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.