Medal of Honor
December 13, 1862
Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Carried a dangerously wounded comrade into the Union lines, thereby preventing his capture by the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Shiel — 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-001101
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Cressonville, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 8b93bc882783f279697cd8bd12283a3aa717db4a4fa8c24c69632f47b0ef1cf5
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award; highest later rank retained as Sergeant; documented alternate name retained; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.