MILLER, ANDREW
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1836, Germany. Accredited
To: Washington, D.C. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
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, Sgt. Miller
fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious 2_hour battle which resulted
in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of
batteries at Fort Morgan.
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