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Service/branch
  
Union Army

Rank
  
Corporal

Name
  
Matthew Bickford


Matthew Bickford

Died
  
1918 (aged 78–79) Washington

Place of burial
  
Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham, Washington

Allegiance
  
United States of America Union

Unit
  
Company G, 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry

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Matthew Bickford (1839–1918) received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.

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Biography

He was born in Peoria County, Illinois in 1839. He entered service at "Trivolia", Peoria County, Illinois. He was a Corporal, in Company G, 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Union Army. He received the Medal of Honor for Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party" at Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 22, 1863.

Bickford moved to Washington state around 1907. He died in 1918, and is buried in Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham, Washington.

Medal of Honor citation

  • Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 8th Missouri Infantry.
  • Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., May 22, 1863.
  • Entered service at: Trivolia, Peoria County, Ill.
  • Birth: Peoria County, Ill.
  • Date of issue: August 31, 1894.

    • Citation:

    Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

    References

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