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Private · U.S. Army

Andrew McCornack

Private Andrew McCornack, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 22, 1863

Private Andrew McCornack was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company I, 127th Illinois Infantry. McCornack was 19 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on January 10, 1895, 31 years after the action.

McCornack was born on April 2, 1844 in Near Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. His Medal of Honor is credited to Rutland, La Salle County, Illinois. McCornack died on May 4, 1920 in Monticello, Minnesota, at the age of 76. He is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Monticello, Minnesota.

McCornack is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 210 credited to Illinois.

Official Medal of Honor citation

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

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. April 2, 1844
    Born in Near Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 19. Company I, 127th Illinois Infantry
  3. January 10, 1895
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. May 4, 1920
    Died in Monticello, Minnesota
    Age 76.
  5. Resting place
    Hillside Cemetery
    Monticello, Minnesota

Also honored for actions on May 22, 1863

CA Christian Albert Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WA William J. Archinal Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CA Clinton Lycurgus Armstrong Private · Army Civil War · 1863 DA David Ayers Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JA John G. k Ayers Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William H. Barringer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 MB Matthew Bickford Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TB Thomas A. Blasdel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Emmer Bowen Private · Army Civil War · 1863 UB Uriah H. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 100 recipients for May 22, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from Illinois

John S. Darrough Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Horace Capron Jr. Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 ✦ Wells Howard Blodgett First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 JM James K. Merrifield Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 WM William Martin Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 RS Reuben S. Smalley Private · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.