Daniel Bedford Moore (June 12, 1838 – July 2, 1914) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Moore picked up a fallen Rebel soldier's musket and shot Lt. McDonald's attacker dead.

[6] Daniel Moore was mustered out of the United States Army with the brevet rank of Captain on 4 September 1865.

[3][7][8] Moore died on July 2, 1914, and lies buried at Graceland Cemetery in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

His award citation reads: For extraordinary heroism on 9 April 1865, while serving with Company E, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, in action at Fort Blakely, Alabama.