Medal of Honor
June 18, 1864
near Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company I, 37th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Union brigade to stop their firing on the Union skirmish line.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Edwin Leonard — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000903
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Agawan, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d18118a3ba6c680dea45f1add8f7470676ffde4d685c90196835bd0f4462495b
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms the inherited identity, action, unit, and citation and refines the historical place to near Petersburg.