b. 23/07/1844 Monongalia County, West Virginia. d. 26/01/1904 Brave, Pennsylvania.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 20/07/1864 Carter’s Farm, Virginia.
John Shanes MOH
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company K, 14th West Virginia Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on July 20, 1864 at Carter’s Farm, Virginia. He would not receive the Medal of Honor until January 31, 1896.
MOH CITATION:
Charged upon a Confederate fieldpiece in advance of his comrades and by his individual exertions silenced the piece.
BURIAL LOCATION: LANTZ CEMETERY, BRAVE, PENNSYLVANIA.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
