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Andrew Schmauch

Private Andrew Schmauch, 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, 1863Born in Germany

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Private Andrew Schmauch 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 A, 30th Ohio Infantry. Schmauch was about 22 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 9, 1894, 31 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of First Sergeant.

Schmauch was born in 1841 in Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Schmauch died on August 20, 1923 in Ashland, Kentucky, at the age of about 82. He is buried at Ashland Cemetery in Ashland, Kentucky.

Schmauch is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

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

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

Places

  • Buried: Ashland Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. 1841
    Born in Germany
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age about 22. Company A, 30th Ohio Infantry
  3. July 9, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. August 20, 1923
    Died in Ashland, Kentucky
    Age about 82.
  5. Resting place
    Ashland Cemetery
    Ashland, Kentucky

Biography

Andrew Anton Schmauch (30 May 1841 – 20 August 1923) was a first sergeant of the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was awarded the medal on 9 July 1864 for actions performed at the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863.

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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

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More Civil War recipients from Ohio

HT Howell B. Treat Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Samuel Slavens Private · Army Civil War · 1862 ✦ OC Oliver Colwell First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 JW James Wiley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JV Joseph van Matre Private · Army Civil War · 1865 OS Otis W. Smith Private · Army Civil War · 1864
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.