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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Whedon Steele

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001122Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

November 29, 1864

Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Major & Aide-de-Camp
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
U.S. Volunteers

The Citation

Sources ↓
During a night attack of the enemy upon the wagon and ammunition train of this officer's corps, he gathered up a force of stragglers and others, assumed command of it, though himself a staff officer, and attacked and dispersed the enemy's forces, thus saving the train.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Whedon Steele — 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-001128
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Entered service at
Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
c310995509933bd27434899a6151521d5d94ea88eb054e4bc9270ccf82b586b2

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

The current reference profile confirms the award; name expanded or reconciled; action rank reconciled; highest later rank retained as Lieutenant Colonel; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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