MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS
[Source: The Center of Military
History]
ADAMS, JAMES F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Nineveh, Va., 12 November 1864. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Cabell County, Va. Date of issue: 26 November 1864. Citation: Capture
of State flag of 14th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.)
ANDERSON, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Appomattox Station, Va., 8 April 1865. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Washington County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture
of Confederate flag.
APPLE, ANDREW O.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 12th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Northampton, Pa. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: Conspicuous
gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
BARRINGER, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 4th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Jackson County,
W. Va. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 12 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in
the charge of the volunteer storming party.
BLACKMAR, WILMON W.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company H, 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Bristol, Pa. Date of issue: 23 October 1897. Citation: At a critical
stage of the battle, without orders, led a successful advance upon the enemy.
BOON, HUGH P.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at:------.
Born: 28 July 1831, Washington, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation:
Capture of flag.
BOURY, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Charlottesville, Va., 5 March 1865. Entered service at: Wirt
Courthouse, W. Va. Birth: Monroe County, Ohio. Date of issue: 26 March 1865.
Citation: Capture of flag.
BUCKLEY, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 4th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Fayette County, W. Va. Date of issue: 9 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in
the charge of the volunteer storming party.
BUMGARNER, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 4th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1862. Entered service at: Mason City,
W. Va. Birth:------. Date of issue: 10 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in
the charge of the volunteer storming party.
BURNS, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 1st West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At New Market, Va., 15 May 1864. Entered service at: Jefferson
County, Ohio. Birth: Jefferson County, Ohio. Date of issue: 20 November 1896.
Citation: Under a heavy fire of musketry, rallied a few men to the support
of the colors, in danger of capture and bore them to a place of safety. One
of his comrades having been severely wounded in the effort, Sgt. Burns went
back a hundred yards in the face of the enemy's fire and carried the wounded
man from the field.
CAPEHART, CHARLES E.
Rank and organization: Major, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place and date:
At Monterey Mountain, Pa., 4 July 1863. Entered service at: Washington, D.C.
Born: 1883, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pa. Date of issue: 7 April
1898. Citation: While commanding the regiment, charged down the mountain
side at midnight, in a heavy rain, upon the enemy's fleeing wagon train.
Many wagons were captured and destroyed and many prisoners taken.
CAPEHART, HENRY
Rank and organization: Colonel, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place and date:
At Greenbrier River, W. Va., 22 May 1864. Entered service at: Bridgeport,
Ohio. Born: 18 March 1825, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa. Date of issue:
12 February 1895. Citation: Saved, under fire, the life of a drowning soldier.
CUNNINGHAM, FRANCIS M.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company H, 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at:
Springfield, Pa. Birth: Somerset County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation:
Capture of battle flag of 12th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.) in hand-to-hand
battle while wounded.
CURTIS, JOSIAH M.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company I, 12th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Ohio
County, W. Va. Birth: Ohio County, W. Va. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation:
Seized the colors of his regiment after 2 color bearers had fallen, bore
them gallantly, and was among the first to gain a foothold, with his flag,
inside the enemy's works.
DURHAM, JAMES R.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company E, 12th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 14 June 1863. Entered service at: Clarksburg,
W. Va. Born: 7 February 1833, Richmond, W. Va. Date of issue: 6 March 1890.
Citation: Led his command over the stone wall, where he was wounded.
HOULTON, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Clymer, N.Y. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
KIMBALL, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 2d West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Ironton,
Ohio. Birth: Littleton, N.H. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture
of flag of 6th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
McCAUSLlN, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 12th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Ohio County,
W. Va. Birth: Ohio County, W. Va. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation:
Conspicuous gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
McELHlNNY, SAMUEL O.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 2d West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: Point
Pleasant, W. Va. Birth. Meigs County, Ohio. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation:
Capture of flag.
McWHORTER, WALTER F.
Rank and organization: Commissary Sergeant, Company E, 3d West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at:
Harrison County, W. Va. Birth: Lewis County, W. Va. Date of issue: 3 May
1865. Citation: Capture of flag of 6th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).
MOORE, GEORGE G.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 11th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Fishers Hill, Va., 22 September 1864. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Tyler County W. Va. Date of issue: 6 October 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag.
NORTH, JASPER N.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 4th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Ames, Ohio.
Birth:------. Date of issue: 27 July 1894. Citation: Gallantry in the charge
of the volunteer storming party.
PARSONS, JOEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 4th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Mason City,
W. Va. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 16 August 1894 Citation: Gallantry in
the charge of the volunteer storming party.
POWELL, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Major, 2d West Virginia Cavalry. Place and date: At
Sinking Creek Valley, Va., 26 November 1862. Entered service at: Ironton,
Ohio. Birth: England. Date of issue: 22 July 1890. Citation: Distinguished
services in raid, where with 20 men, he charged and captured the enemy's
camp, 500 strong, without the loss of man or gun.
REEDER, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 12th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Battery Gregg, near Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Harrison, W. Va. Date of issue: 3 April 1867. Citation:
Capture of flag.
ROWAND, ARCHIBALD H., JR.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: Winter of 1864_65. Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Born: 6
March 1845, Philadelphia, Pa., Date of issue: 3 March 1873. Citation: Was
1 of 2 men who succeeded in getting through the enemy's lines with dispatches
to Gen. Grant.
SCHORN, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Chief Bugler, Company M, 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date: At Appomattox, Va., 8 April 1865. Entered service at: Mason
City, W. Va. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture
of flag of the Sumter Flying Artillery (C.S.A.).
SHAHAN, EMISIRE
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Preston County, W. Va. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture
of flag of 76th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.).
SHANES, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 14th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Carters Farm, Va., 20 July 1864. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Monongalia County, W.Va. Date of issue: 31 January 1896. Citation:
Charged upon a Confederate fieldpiece in advance of his comrades and by his
individual exertions silenced the piece.
SHIELDS, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 2d West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Appomattox, Va., 8 April 1865. Entered service at: Ironton,
Ohio. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag
of the Washington Artillery (C.S.A.).
SHOEMAKER, LEVI
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Nineveh, Va., 12 November 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth:
Monongalia County, W. Va. Date of issue: 26 November 1864. Citation: Capture
of flag of 22d Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.).
SUMMERS, JAMES C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 4th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1 863. Entered service at: Kanawha
County, W. Va. Born: 14 February 1838, Kanawha County, W. Va. Date of issue:
25 February 1895. Citation: Gallantry in charge of the volunteer storming
party.
WHITE, ADAM
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 11th West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at:
Parkersburg, W. Va. Birth: Switzerland. Date of issue: 13 June 1865. Citation:
Capture of flag.
WOODS, DANIEL A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Ohio County, W. Va. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of
flag of 18th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.).
