Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Walter
F.
McWhorter
July 14, 1836

–

May 17, 1877

Cemetery:

Greenbrier (S.B.O.) Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Commissary Sergeant

    Division:

    3d West Virginia Cavalry

    Action Date:

    April 6, 1865
    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 Commissary Sergeant Walter F. McWhorter, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 6 April 1865, while serving with Company E, 3d West Virginia Cavalry, in action at Deatonsville (Sailor’s Creek), Virginia, for capture of flag of 6th Tennessee Infantry (Confederate States of America).