The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

GODLEY, LEONIDAS M.

Rank and Organization: First Sergeant, Company E., 22d Iowa Infantry. Place and Date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered Service At: Ashland, Iowa. Birth: Mason County, W. Va. Date of Issue: 3 August 1897.

Citation:

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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