Steele, John Whedon

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Middlebury, VT Unit(s): USV Service: Maj. and ADC, USV (Medal of Honor) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 12/21/1835, Middlebury, VT Death: 1905 Burial: Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 8363580 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Unknown Portrait?: Unknown Remarks: None DESCENDANTS None registered (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

This soldier was awarded the Medal of Honor

John Whedon Steele

Rank and Organization: Major and Aide_de_Camp, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: Spring Hill, Tenn., 29 Nov 1864.
Entered service at: Ohio.
Born: 21 Dec 1835, Middlebury
Died: 1905, Oberlin, Ohio
Buried: Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
Date of Issue: 28 Sep 1897.
Citation: During a night attack of the enemy upon the wagon and ammunition train of this officer's corps, he gathered up a force of stragglers and others, assumed command of it, though himself a staff officer, and attacked and dispersed the enemy's forces, thus saving the train.

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NARA File Number: S-1515-CB-1864.