George Henry Stockman MOH

b. 03/07/1833 Hannoversch Munden, Lower Saxony, Germany. d. 30/06/1912 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 22/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.

George H Stockman MOH

Stockman enlisted in the Army as a first lieutenant on 1 June 1861 in Chicago, Illinois and was assigned to G Company of the 6th Missouri Infantry. During the course of his enlistment, he was transferred to Company C of the same unit. On 22 May 1863, at the Siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi, Stockman volunteered to participate in an extremely dangerous charge on Confederate positions to the south of Vicksburg. Along with 150 other volunteers, whose job was to build a bridge over a ditch dug by the Confederates, Stockman held his ground under heavy gun and cannon fire from morning until nightfall in circumstances where 85 percent of the men were killed or seriously wounded.

Stockman was honorably discharged from the Army on 7 June 1864. He did not receive the Medal of Honor until July 9, 1894.

 

MOH CITATION:

Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”

 

BURIAL LOCATION: WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA.

PROVIDENCE SECTION, LOT 398, GRAVE 1.

LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.