Leverett M. Kelley

Leverett M. Kelley
Born 1841 (1841)
Schenectady, New York
Died 1924
Service/branch Union Army
Rank Captain
Unit 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars American Civil War
Awards Medal of Honor

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.[1][2][3]

After the war, he was a resident of Kane County, Illinois. He died in Washington, D.C. and was buried in Arlington Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "KELLEY, LEVERETT M.". Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Commemorative Biographical and Historical Record of Kane County, Illinois. Chicago: Beers, Leggett, and Co. 1888.
  3. ↑ Powell, William Henry (1893). Officers of the Army and Navy who Served in the Civil War. Philadelphia: J.B. Lipincott Company.
  4. ↑ "KELLEY, LEVERETT M.". Arlington Cemetery. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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