The President
of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to
SHANES, JOHN
Rank and Organization: Private, Company K, 14th West Virginia Infantry. Place
and Date: At Carters Farm, Va., 20 July 1864. 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.
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