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Private · U.S. Army

Daniel H. Miller

Private Daniel H. Miller, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 5, 1871 in Whetstone Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns May 5, 1871

Private Daniel H. Miller, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on May 5, 1871 in Whetstone Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Miller was about 30 years old.

4 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on November 13, 1871.

Miller was born in 1841 in Fairfield County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Miller died on October 6, 1874, at the age of about 33. He is buried at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska.

Miller is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. 1841
    Born in Fairfield County, Ohio
  2. May 5, 1871
    Act of valor — Whetstone Mountains, Arizona Territory
    Age about 30. Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry
  3. November 13, 1871
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. October 6, 1874
    Died
    Age about 33.
  5. Resting place
    Fort McPherson National Cemetery
    Maxwell, Nebraska

Also honored for actions on May 5, 1871

HF Hermann Emil Fichter Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JK John Kilmartin Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JM John Mott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JY John P. Yount Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871

Same unit

MM Michael A. McGann First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Ohio

WS William H. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 MF Mosheim Feaster Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 LL Leonidas S. Lytle Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 SR Samuel Richman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JG John Green Major · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 Charles Lawrence Thomas Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1865
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.