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U.S. Army

Levi B. Gaylord

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1865

Unit/CommandCompany A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry

BirthplaceBoston, Massachusetts

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.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1865

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Gregory MahoneyU.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

John Curtis GilmoreU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Sidney HaightU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

James HolehouseU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Robert A. LowerU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Francis Jay HerronU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Squire Edward HowardU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

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