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Medal of Honor Recipient

Daniel Milliken

U.S. Navy · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-002531Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

December 24–25, 1864 and January 13–15, 1865

Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Quarter Gunner
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S.S. New Ironsides

The Citation

Sources ↓
Milliken served on board the U.S.S. New Ironsides during action in several attacks on Fort Fisher, 24 and 25 December 1864_ and 13,14 and 15 January 1865. The ship steamed in and took the lead in the Ironclad division close inshore and immediately opened its starboard battery in a barrage of well directed fire to cause several fires and explosions and dismount several guns during the first 2 days of fighting. Taken under fire as she steamed into position on 13 January, the New Ironsides fought all day and took on ammunition at night despite severe weather conditions. When the enemy came out of his bombproofs to defend the fort against the storming party, the ship's battery disabled nearly every gun on the fort facing the shore before the cease_fire orders were given by the flagship.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Daniel Milliken — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002542
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
59
Other source date wording
1865-01-13
Accredited to
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
74911a58e69e5e07427ce8769b183b5bc9dc429c3aad39fabbe4cc858236e56d

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The structured profile gives January 13–15, 1865; the rendered citation also describes the December 24–25, 1864 attacks. The complete official chronology is controlled while the structured range remains separately attributed. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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