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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal
- Service Era
- American Civil War, Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, Battle of South Mountain
- Medals Recorded
- 1
Leonidas H. Inscho
Corporal, U.S. Army
Support & adopt this hero ↓American Civil WarEastern Theater of the American Civil WarBattle of South Mountain
Awards & Decorations
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Biography
One hand crippled, he still captured five enemy soldiers!
Leonidas H. Inscho served in Company E, 12th Ohio Infantry, and later reenlisted in the 23rd Ohio Infantry, rising from corporal to first lieutenant. At South Mountain, Maryland, on 14 September 1862, he captured a Confederate captain and four other men while his left hand was disabled. He was wounded again at Third Winchester in 1864. After the war he returned to Ohio and worked as a miller, operated a sawmill, and later ran a grocery store. Born in Chatham, Ohio, on 20 February 1840, he died on 12 November 1907 and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark. The Medal of Honor was presented on 31 January 1894.
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