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Private · U.S. Army

Edward McGinn

Private Edward McGinn, 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 Edward McGinn 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 F, 54th Ohio Infantry. McGinn 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 June 28, 1894, 31 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of First Lieutenant.

McGinn was born on November 20, 1843 in New York, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. McGinn died on September 28, 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the age of 64. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

McGinn 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.

Timeline

  1. November 20, 1843
    Born in New York, New York
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 19. Company F, 54th Ohio Infantry
  3. June 28, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. September 28, 1908
    Died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Age 64.
  5. Resting place
    Calvary Cemetery
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 Ohio

Wager Swayne Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 MM Martin McHugh Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 Martin Jones Hawkins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 CS Charles Stacey Private · Army Civil War · 1863 George V. Kelley Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 WR William R. Richardson Private · Army Civil War · 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.