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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service Era
- American Civil War, Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, Battle of Fort Stedman
- Medals Recorded
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Levi B. Gaylord
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Support & adopt this hero ↓American Civil WarEastern Theater of the American Civil WarBattle of Fort Stedman
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Biography
Manned an abandoned cannon until the enemy line broke!
When a Union gun was left without a crew at Fort Stedman, Levi B. Gaylord volunteered to put it back into action. Gaylord served as a sergeant in Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry.
On March 25, 1865, Confederate troops struck Fort Stedman near Petersburg, Virginia, in one of the Army of Northern Virginia's last major offensive efforts. During the fighting Gaylord volunteered to work an abandoned artillery piece under heavy fire. He remained at the gun until the advancing Confederate line was driven back.
Medal of Honor Citation (condensed): Voluntarily worked an abandoned gun under heavy fire until the enemy's advancing line was routed.
Gaylord was born in Boston on September 23, 1840. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him on June 22, 1896. He died on December 6, 1900, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and was buried in Cohasset Central Cemetery.
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