Walter F. McWhorter – Medal of Honor, Civil War (1865)

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Commissary Sergeant Walter F. McWhorter 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 E, 3d West Virginia Cavalry. McWhorter was 28 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.

McWhorter was born on July 14, 1836 in Lewis County, West Virginia. His Medal of Honor is credited to Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. McWhorter died on May 17, 1877 in New Milton, West Virginia, at the age of 40. He is buried at Greenbrier Cemetery in Nina, West Virginia.

McWhorter 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 of 6th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.).

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

Timeline

July 14, 1836
Born in Lewis County, West Virginia
April 6, 1865
Act of valor — Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia
Age 28. Company E, 3d West Virginia Cavalry
May 3, 1865
Medal of Honor presented
May 17, 1877
Died in New Milton, West Virginia
Age 40.
Resting place
Greenbrier Cemetery
Nina, West Virginia

Also honored for actions on April 6, 1865

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

See all 60 recipients for April 6, 1865 →

More Civil War recipients from West Virginia

JD James R. Durham Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 LS Levi Shoemaker Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RB Richard Boury Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JP Joel Parsons Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JC Josiah M. Curtis Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 AW Adam White Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865

Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.