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Private · U.S. Army

Jacob C. Miller

Private Jacob C. Miller, 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

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Private Jacob C. Miller 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 G, 113th Illinois Infantry. Miller was 22 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 20, 1894, 31 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant.

Miller was born on August 4, 1840 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Miller died on January 13, 1917 in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 76. He is buried at Cedar Dale Cemetery in Papillon, Nebraska.

Miller 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. August 4, 1840
    Born in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 22. Company G, 113th Illinois Infantry
  3. August 20, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. January 13, 1917
    Died in Omaha, Nebraska
    Age 76.
  5. Resting place
    Cedar Dale Cemetery
    Papillon, Nebraska

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 →

Same unit

WB William Wallace Burritt Private · Army Civil War · 1863

More Civil War recipients from Illinois

HH Henry M. Hardenbergh Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ WP Wesley James Powers Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 SJ Simeon T. Josselyn First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Loyd Wheaton Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 Philip Sidney Post Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 Edward Burson Spalding Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862
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.