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Joseph S. Labill

Private Joseph S. Labill, 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, 1863Born in Belgium

Private Joseph S. Labill 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 C, 6th Missouri Infantry. Labill was about 26 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 14, 1894, 31 years after the action.

Labill was born in 1837 in Belgium — one of 3 recipients born in Belgium. His Medal of Honor is credited to Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois. Labill died in 1911 in Vandalia, Illinois, at the age of about 74. He is buried at Fairlawn-South Hill Cemetery in Vandalia, Illinois. His medal is held by Special Collections, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL. Records also list him as Labille, Joseph S..

Labill 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.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: France — map
  • Buried: South Hill Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. 1837
    Born in Belgium
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age about 26. Company C, 6th Missouri Infantry
  3. August 14, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. 1911
    Died in Vandalia, Illinois
    Age about 74.
  5. Resting place
    Fairlawn-South Hill Cemetery
    Vandalia, Illinois

Biography

Joseph S. Labill (1837–1911) was a Private in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the American Civil War. He is buried in South Hill Cemetery Vandalia, Illinois.

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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 Illinois

Menomen O'Donnell First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 JV James David Vernay Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 GL George Washington Lucas Private · Army Civil War · 1864 SC Samuel Joseph Churchill Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Andrew Jackson Smith Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ HT Henry H. Taylor Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.