Daniel Bedford Moore (June 12, 1838 – July 2, 1914) served in the

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during the

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. He received the

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. Moore was born on June 12, 1838, in

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. His older brother is said to have been the first white child born in Wisconsin. He enlisted in Company E,

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on 9 September 1861. During the

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on 9 April 1865, Sgt. Moore saved the life of

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Angus R. McDonald. Lieut. McDonald was leading an advanced skirmish party in the storming of a Confederate earthenwork fortification, when a

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officer and twelve enlisted men launched a

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while crying, "

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to the damned

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s!" 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

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during the same engagement. Daniel Moore was mustered out of the

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with the

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of Captain on 4 September 1865. Christopher C. Wehner (2008), ''The 11th Wisconsin in the Civil War: A Regimental History'', McFarland. Page 186. Moore died on July 2, 1914, and lies buried at Graceland Cemetery in

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Medal of Honor citation

His award citation reads:

For extraordinary heroism on 9 April 1865, while serving with Company E, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, in action at Fort Blakely, Alabama. At the risk of his own life Corporal Moore saved the life of an officer who had been shot down and overpowered by superior numbers.

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1838 births 1914 deaths People from Iowa County, Wisconsin Military personnel from Wisconsin Union Army soldiers United States Army Medal of Honor recipients American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub

Medal of Honor citation

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