Charles Mills-Brooklyn, NY
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Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Minnesota during the assault on Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. He is buried in The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY in the Mount Grace Section, Lot 894.
Waymark Code: WMZT83
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2019
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He was born in September 1840 in Ulster, NY and died on January 16, 1887 in Brooklyn, NY. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: MILLS, CHARLES
• Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: New York
• G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Minnesota, in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, Mills charged up to the palisades and, when more than two-thirds of the men became seized with panic and retreated on the run, risked his life to remain with a wounded officer. With the enemy concentrating his fire on the group, he waited until after dark before assisting the wounded man from the field.
Armed Service: Navy
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