b. 1838 Saco, New York. d. 03/05/1899 Raymond, Maine.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 13-15/01/1865 Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Saco, Maine and entered the Union Navy at New York, New York. He served as a Quarter Gunner.
MOH CITATION:
Milliken served on board the U.S.S. New Ironsides during the 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 two 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.
BURIAL LOCATION: RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, RAYMOND, MAINE.
SECTION C, ROW K, LOT D.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
