Matthew Bickford

He was born in Peoria County, Illinois in 1839. He entered service at "Trivolia", Peoria County, Illinois.^[1] He was a Corporal, in Company G, 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Union Army. He received the Medal of Honor for Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party^[2]" at Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 22, 1863.^[3]

Bickford moved to Washington state around 1907.^[4] He died in 1918, and is buried in Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham, Washington.

• Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 8th Missouri Infantry.
• Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., May 22, 1863.
• Entered service at: Trivolia, Peoria County, Ill.
• Birth: Peoria County, Ill.
• Date of issue: August 31, 1894.

Citation:

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party.^[5][6]"

• List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F
• Battle of Vicksburg
• 8th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry

• "Matthew Bickford". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
• A Forlorn Hope
• Vicksburg Medal of Honor Recipients