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U.S. Army

Edwin Leonard

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1864

Unit/CommandCompany I, 37th Massachusetts Infantry

BirthplaceAgawam, Massachusetts

Citation

Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Union brigade to stop their firing on the Union skirmish line.

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