Medal of Honor
July 20, 1864
Carter's Farm, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 14th West Virginia Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Charged upon a Confederate fieldpiece in advance of his comrades and by his individual exertions silenced the piece.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Shanes — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001099
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f6d51eb37d7ca8ae02c3bc9c6a427bbe164b66aa73efa533058510b4ae72e18e
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award; identity and core award metadata confirmed; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.