Rank Captain Awards Medal of Honor Award Medal of Honor Service/branch Union Army | Battles/wars American Civil War Died 1924 Battles and wars American Civil War | |
Born 1841
Schenectady, New York ( 1841 ) Unit 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment | ||
Leverett M. Kelley (1841-1924) was an American soldier and member of the 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment who fought in the American Civil War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for forcing the surrender of a Confederate Captain at the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
After the war, he was a resident of Kane County, Illinois. He died in Washington, D.C. and was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
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