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Civil War

Levi B. Gaylord

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry

25 March 1865 · Fort Stedman, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Massachusetts
Action
Fort Stedman, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Voluntarily assisted in working an abandoned gun, while exposed to heavy fire, until the enemy's advancing line was routed by a charge on its left flank.

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