b. 09/1840 Ulster, New York. d. 16/01/1887 Brooklyn, New York.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 15/01/1865 Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Ulster, New York and entered the Union Navy at Brooklyn, New York. He served as a Seaman.
On January 15, 1865 the North Carolina Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher was taken by a combined Union storming party of sailors, marines, and soldiers under the command of Admiral David Dixon Porter and General Alfred Terry. Mills was one of nine crewmen from the USS Minnesota who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in this action.
MOH 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 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 officer from the field.
BURIAL LOCATION: EVERGREEN CEMETERY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
LOT 894, GRAVE 3.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
