United States of America
U.S. Army · United States 
Leverett M. Kelley
1841 – 1924
Leverett M. Kelley served the U.S. Army. Leverett was 82 years old.
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U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
25 November 1863 · At Missionary Ridge, Tenn. · Sergeant, Company A, 36th Illinois Infantry.
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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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
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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