KELLEY, LEVERETT M.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company A, 36th Illinois Infantry. Place and
Date: At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered Service At:
Rutland, Ill. Birth: Schenectady, N.Y. Date of Issue: 4 April 1900.
Citation:
Sprang over the works just captured from the enemy, and calling upon his comrades to
follow, rushed forward in the face of a deadly fire and was among the first over the works
on the summit, where he compelled the surrender of a Confederate officer and received his
sword.
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