Civil War
Benjamin Levy
Private · U.S. Army
Company B, 1st New York Infantry
30 June 1862 · Glendale, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Glendale, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
This soldier, a drummer boy, took the gun of a sick comrade, went into the fight, and when the color bearers were shot down, carried the colors and saved them from capture.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.