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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal
- Service Era
- American Civil War, Vicksburg Campaign
- Medals Recorded
- 1
Awards & Decorations
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Biography
Joined a highly dangerous volunteer assault storming party.
Matthew Bickford was one of the men who volunteered for the storming party at Vicksburg. Born in Peoria County, Illinois, on April 10, 1839, he served as a corporal in Company G, 8th Missouri Infantry.
On May 22, 1863, Bickford joined the volunteer assault party that advanced ahead of the main Union attack against the Vicksburg defenses. The mission was exceptionally dangerous, and his gallantry in the charge later brought the Medal of Honor, issued on August 31, 1894.
Medal of Honor Citation (condensed): Gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party at Vicksburg.
Bickford died on April 18, 1918, and was buried in Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham, Washington.
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