This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURKE Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RkG.2ACEB/3107 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I am just passing along information that may be useful. BURKE, DANIEL W. Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company B, 2d U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Shepherdstown Ford, Va., 20 September 1862. Entered service at: Connecticut. Birth: New Haven, Conn. Date of issue 21 April 1892. Citation: Voluntarily attempted to spike a gun in the face of the enemy.