b. 12/06/1838 Mifflin, Wisconsin. d. 02/07/1914 Mifflin, Wisconsin.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 09/04/1865 Fort Blakely, Alabama.
Daniel B Moore MOH
Moore was born on June 12, 1838, in Mifflin, Wisconsin. His older brother is said to have been the first white child born in Wisconsin.
He enlisted in Company E, 11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 9 September 1861. During the Battle of Fort Blakeley on 9 April 1865, Sgt. Moore saved the life of 1st Lieutenant Angus R. McDonald. Lieut. McDonald was leading an advanced skirmish party in the storming of a Confederate earthenwork fortification, when a Confederate States Army officer and twelve enlisted men launched a counterattack while crying, “No quarter to the damned Yankees!” Lt. McDonald was shot through the thigh and was repeatedly bayoneted by a Confederate soldier until Sgt. Moore picked up a fallen Rebel soldier’s musket and shot Lt. McDonald’s attacker dead. After a 15-minute long engagement, the standard of the 11th Wisconsin Regiment was planted atop the captured Fort. Sgt. Moore was wounded in action during the same engagement.
Daniel Moore was mustered out of the United States Army with the brevet rank of Captain on 4 September 1865. He did not receive the Medal until August 8, 1900.
MOH CITATION:
At the risk of his own life saved the life of an officer who had been shot down and overpowered by superior numbers.
BURIAL LOCATION: GRACELAND CEMETERY, MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN.
BLOCK 10, LOT 539.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.
