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Civil War
Edwin Leonard
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company I, 37th Massachusetts Infantry
18 June 1864 · Petersburg, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Petersburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Union brigade to stop their firing on the Union skirmish line.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
