Medal of Honor
March 25, 1865
Fort Stedman, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily assisted in working an abandoned gun, while exposed to heavy fire, until the enemy's advancing line was routed by a charge on its left flank.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Levi B Gaylord — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000770
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 844f9c7034ed9d6f0e49fe6de4852f13a9bb3565271ef542fcdb70fbf8e49913
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
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