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Lemuel F. Holland — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant
Service Era: American Civil War, Western Theater of the American Civil War, Battle of Elk River
Medals Recorded: 1

Lemuel F. Holland

Sergeant, U.S. Army

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American Civil WarWestern Theater of the American Civil WarBattle of Elk River

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1896–1903 Army

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Biography

Stormed a stockade under heavy fire and saved the bridge!

Lemuel F. Holland was born in Burlington, Ohio, on 28 July 1840. The sources reviewed do not establish further prewar occupation or family details.

He served in Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry, reaching sergeant. At Elk River, Tennessee, on 2 July 1863, he volunteered for a small party that captured a stockade under heavy fire and saved a bridge. The Medal of Honor was presented on 30 October 1897.

Holland died in Decatur, Illinois, on 13 January 1914 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery.

Sources: https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/lemuel-f-holland; https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/citations1.html

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