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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 Nineveh
- Medals Recorded
- 1
Levi Shoemaker
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Support & adopt this hero ↓American Civil WarEastern Theater of the American Civil WarBattle of Nineveh
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Biography
Rode out of a cavalry clash with a captured enemy flag!
Levi Shoemaker came out of a cavalry fight at Nineveh, Virginia, carrying the battle flag of the 22nd Virginia Cavalry. Shoemaker served as a sergeant in Company A, 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
On November 12, 1864, during cavalry fighting at Nineveh in the Shenandoah Valley, Shoemaker captured the Confederate regiment's flag. The capture of an enemy color in close combat was one of the classic grounds for Civil War Medal of Honor recognition.
Medal of Honor Citation (condensed): Captured the flag of the 22nd Virginia Cavalry.
Shoemaker received the Medal of Honor on November 26, 1864, only two weeks after the action. Born on June 25, 1840, in what became West Virginia, he survived the war and died in Morgantown on April 3, 1917. He was buried in East Oak Grove Cemetery.
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