GAYLORD, LEVI B. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865. Entered service at:
?. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 22 June 1896. 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.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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