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Medal of Honor Recipient

Daniel Webster Burke

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001387Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

September 20, 1862

Shepherdstown Ford, West Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 2d U.S. Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily attempted to spike a gun in the face of the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Daniel Webster Burke — 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-001395
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brigadier General
Entered service at
Connecticut
Archive transcription SHA-256
fadf6507003e7dc03bad00f10c1b3caf69cf829612ece1754016115a88615695

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.

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