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U.S. Civil War - U.S. Marine Corps

Andrew Miller

Details
  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
  • Unit/Command:
    U.S.S. Richmond
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Marine Corps
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: August 5, 1864
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: Mobile Bay, Alabama
Citation

As a captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. RichmoND during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her desks, Sgt. Miller fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious two-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.

Additional Details
  • Accredited to: Washington, District of Columbia
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Born: 1836, Germany
  • Died:
 

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