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Daniel B. Moore
Daniel Bedford Moore (June 12, 1838 – July 2, 1914) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor.[1] Moore was born on June 12, 1838, in Mifflin, Wisconsin.[2] His older brother is said to have been the first white child born in Wisconsin.[3] He enlisted in Company E, 11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 9 September 1861.[3][4] 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.[3] After a 15-minute long engagement, the standard of the 11th Wisconsin Regiment was planted atop the captured Fort.[5] Sgt. Moore was wounded in action during the same engagement.[6] Daniel Moore was mustered out of the United States Army with the brevet rank of Captain on 4 September 1865.[3][7][8] Moore died on July 2, 1914, and lies buried at Graceland Cemetery in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Medal of Honor citationHis award citation reads:
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