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Daniel A. Woods

Private Daniel A. Woods, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on April 6, 1865 at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War April 6, 1865

Private Daniel A. Woods was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 6, 1865 at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Woods was about 22 years old.

59 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on May 3, 1865.

Woods was born in 1843 in Ohio County, West Virginia. His Medal of Honor is credited to Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. Woods died on August 10, 1894 in Wheeling, West Virginia, at the age of about 51. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia. Records also list him as Wood, Daniel A..

Woods is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 45 credited to West Virginia.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of flag, 18th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.)

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. 1843
    Born in Ohio County, West Virginia
  2. April 6, 1865
    Act of valor — Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia
    Age about 22. Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry
  3. May 3, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. August 10, 1894
    Died in Wheeling, West Virginia
    Age about 51.
  5. Resting place
    Greenwood Cemetery
    Wheeling, West Virginia

Biography

Daniel A. Woods (1840s – August 10, 1894) was an American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor. He was born in the 1840s in Ohio County, West Virginia although sources dispute the exact birth year. Woods served as a private in the 1st West Virginia Cavalry. He earned his medal on April 6, 1865, at the Battle of Sayler's Creek, Virginia. Woods died on August 10, 1894, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, West Virginia.

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JB John Francis Benjamin Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 OB Orrin Bennett Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Hugh Patterson Boon Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 Lewis Francis Brest Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AB Andrew Bringle Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 IC Ivers S. Calkin First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Chapman Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AC Albert Adams Clapp First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 TC Trustrim Connell Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 FC Francis Marion Cunningham First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas Ward Custer Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 TD Thomas Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1865

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Same unit

AR Archibald Hamilton Rowand Jr. Private · Army Civil War · 1864

More Civil War recipients from West Virginia

AA Andrew O. Apple Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 RB Richard Boury Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 HW Henry Cary Weir Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1864 JS John Shanes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 William H. Horsfall Drummer · Army Civil War · 1862 JE John N. Eckes Private · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.