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Medal of Honor Recipient - SHANES, JOHN

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    Rank and organization:   Private, Company K, 14th West Virginia Infantry.
    Place and date:   At Carters Farm, Va., 20 July 1864.

    Entered service at:   ?.

    Birth:   Monomgalis 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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