LELAND, GEORGE W.
Rank and Organization: Gunner's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1834, Savannah,
Ga. Accredited To: Georgia. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864.
Citation:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the
hazardous task, of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire
from Fort Moultrie. Rowing the small boat which was used in the hazardous task of
transferring hawsers from the Lehigh to the Nahant, Leland twice succeeded in making the
trip, only to find that each had been in vain when the hawsers were cut by enemy fire and
chaffing.
