Andrew Miller
Born: August 11, 1916 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Home Town: Two Rivers, Wisconsin
Status: KIA
RELATED HEROES STORIES
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Marine Corps
War Department, General Orders No. 45, December 31, 1964
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Andrew Miller, United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in action as captain of a gun on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Sergeant Miller fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious two-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.