Benjamin Levy

MEDAL OF HONOR 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.

Rank: Private
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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