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Private · U.S. Army

James P. Miller

Private James P. Miller, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on April 2, 1865 in Selma, Alabama during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War April 2, 1865

Private James P. Miller was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 2, 1865 in Selma, Alabama during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company D, 4th Iowa Cavalry. Miller was 30 years old.

65 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on June 17, 1865.

Miller was born on April 29, 1834 in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Henry County, Iowa. Miller died on July 2, 1918, at the age of 84. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in York, Nebraska.

Miller is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 55 credited to Iowa.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of standard of 12th Mississippi Cavalry (C.S.A.).

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Life beyond the battlefield

  • Offices held: Nebraska State Senator

Source: Wikidata.

Places

  • Buried: Greenwood Cemetery — map

Veteran resources, cemeteries and meeting places in Iowa →

Timeline

  1. April 29, 1834
    Born in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio
  2. April 2, 1865
    Act of valor — Selma, Alabama
    Age 30. Company D, 4th Iowa Cavalry
  3. June 17, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. July 2, 1918
    Died
    Age 84.
  5. Resting place
    Greenwood Cemetery
    York, Nebraska

Also honored for actions on April 2, 1865

AA Abner Peeler Allen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 AA Andrew O. Apple Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 William J. Babcock Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JB James Albert Barber Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 EB Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont Major and Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1865 William Robert douglas Blackwood Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1865 JB John W. Boutwell Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JB John E. Buffington Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 CC Carlton N. Camp Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Corcoran Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Stephen Potter Corliss First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 JC Josiah M. Curtis Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865

See all 66 recipients for April 2, 1865 →

Same unit

Edward James Bebb Private · Army Civil War · 1865

More Civil War recipients from Iowa

James Kephart Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Edgar A. Bras Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Richard H. Cosgriff Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Voltare Paine Twombly Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 WM William C. May Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Nicholas S. Bouquet Private · Army Civil War · 1861
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.