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U.S. Army · United States 
Leonidas M. Godley
1836 – 1904
Leonidas M. Godley served the U.S. Army. Leonidas was 67 years old.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
22 May 1863 · At Vicksburg, Miss. · First Sergeant, Company E., 22d Iowa Infantry.
Led his company in the assault on the enemy's works and gained the parapet, there receiving 3 very severe wounds. He lay all day in the sun, was taken prisoner, and had his leg amputated without anesthetics.
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
Led his company in the assault on the enemy's works and gained the parapet, there receiving 3 very severe wounds. He lay all day in the sun, was taken prisoner, and had his leg amputated without anesthetics.
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