Medal of Honor Action Place: Glendale, Virginia, USA
Citation
This soldier, a drummer boy, took the gun of a sick comrade, went into the fight, and when the color bearers were shot down, carried the colors and saved them from capture.
Medal of Honor Recipient Benjamin B. Levy
Additional Details
Accredited to: Newport News, Newport News County, Virginia
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: March 1, 1865
Born: February 22, 1845, New York, NY, United States
Died: July 20, 1921, New York, NY, United States
Buried: Cypress Hills Cemetery (Private) (MH) (9-538-170), Brooklyn, NY, United States