Milton Blickensderfer
{{Infobox military person
|name = Milton Blickensderfer
|image = MiltonBlickensderfer 1865 public domain.jpg
|caption = Corporal Milton Blickensderfer
|image_size = 150px
|alt = Corporal Milton Blickensderfer 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
|birth_date = {{birth date|1835|05|20}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1916|05|17|1835|05|20}}
|birth_place = Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|death_place =
|placeofburial = Sugar Creek, Ohio
|allegiance ={{flag|United States of America|1861}}
|branch ={{army|USA}}
|serviceyears =
|rank = Corporal
|unit ={{Flagicon|Ohio}} 126th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Company E
|battles =
|awards ={{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor
}}
Corporal Milton Blickensderfer (May 20, 1835 to May 17, 1916){{Cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2401 |title=Milton Blickensderfer |access-date=15 September 2013}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn:9780738577128 |title=Images of America: Dover |first=Matthew S. |last=Lautzenheiser |work=Dover Historical Society |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |page=91 |year=2009 |isbn=9780738577128}} was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Blickensderfer received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Petersburg, Virginia on 3 April 1865. He was honored with the award on 10 May 1865.{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214025428/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 14, 2007 |title=Civil War (A-L) Medal of Honor Recipients |access-date=14 September 2013}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/114/blickensderfer-milton.php |title=Blickensderfer, Milton |access-date=15 September 2013}}
Biography
Blickensderfer was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Before the war, he resided in Tuscarawas county with his wife, Mary, and three children. He enlisted into the 126th Ohio Infantry in 1862 at Shanesville, Ohio. During the siege of Petersberg, Blickensderfer captured a Confederate battle flag, an act for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He died on 17 May 1916 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio{{Cite web |url=http://www.geni.com/people/Milton-Blickensderfer-Medal-of-Honor/6000000010144726425 |title=Milton A. Blickensderfer (1835 - 1916) |access-date=15 September 2013}} and his remains are interred at Sugar Creek, Ohio.
Medal of Honor citation
See also
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
References
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Category:People of Ohio in the American Civil War
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Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
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