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Private · U.S. Army

James M. McClelland

Private James M. McClelland, 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 James M. McClelland, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company B, 30th Ohio Infantry. McClelland was 32 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 13, 1894, 31 years after the action.

McClelland was born on August 12, 1830 in Harrison County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Ohio. McClelland died on April 10, 1915, at the age of 84. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.

McClelland 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. August 12, 1830
    Born in Harrison County, Ohio
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 32. Company B, 30th Ohio Infantry
  3. August 13, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. April 10, 1915
    Died
    Age 84.
  5. Resting place
    Riverside Cemetery
    Cleveland, Ohio

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

CR Charles A. Read Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 John Wollam Private · Army Civil War · 1862 WB Wilson W. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JG Joseph Olds Gregg Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Robert Buffum Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JR James Richmond 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.