PROFILE of MATTHEW BICKFORD
	8th MO Infantry (US) Company G
Bickford's Photo from HomeOfHeroes

Matthew Bickford received the Congressional Medal of Honor, as part of the "Forlorn Hope" charge at Vicksburg.   He is buried in Whatcom County, Washington, and you can view his gravesite at Find-A-Grave.

WAR DEPARTMENT INFORMATION BIRTH Peoria County, Illinois ENTERED SERVICE AT Trivolia, Peoria County, Illinois RANK/ORGANIZATION Corporal, Company G, 8th Missouri Infantry MOH CITATION Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." PLACE/DATE At Vicksburg, Mississippi; 22 May 1863 DATE OF ISSUE 31 August 1894 extracted from www.army.mil