Matthew Bickford
Born: April 10, 1839 at Peoria, Illinois
Home Town: Trivolia, Illinois
Date of Issue: August 31, 1894
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Matthew Bickford, United States Army, for gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863, while serving with Company G, 8th Missouri Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
