Bernard Shields
Born: 1833 at Ireland
Home Town: Ironton, Ohio
Date of Issue: May 3, 1865
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Bernard Shields, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 8 April 1865, while serving with Company E, 2d West Virginia Cavalry, in action at Appomattox, Virginia, for capture of flag of the Washington Artillery (Confederate States of America).
