Matthew Bickford

Matthew Bickford
Born	1839 Peoria County, Illinois
Died	1918 (aged 78–79) Washington
Place of burial	Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham, Washington
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	Union Army
Rank	Corporal
Unit	Company G, 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War
Awards	Medal of Honor

Matthew Bickford (1839–1918) received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.

Biography

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" at Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 22, 1863.

Bickford moved to Washington state around 1907.^[2] He died in 1918, and is buried in Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham, Washington.

Medal of Honor citation

• 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."

See also

• List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F

References

1. Likely Trivoli, Illinois, the only town in [[Peoria County, Illinois|]] with a name like this.
2. Bickford Newsletter, Vol. 12. No. 1... at genforum.genealogy.com

• "Civil War (A-L); Bickford, Mathew entry". Medal of Honor recipients. United States Army Center of Military History. August 6, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
• "Missouri Medal of Honor recipients". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
• "Grave Photo". Retrieved October 4, 2010.
• "Photo of Matthew". Retrieved October 4, 2010.
• "A Forlorn Hope". Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2010.