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Lemuel F. Holland

Corporal Lemuel F. Holland, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on July 2, 1863 at Elk River, Tennessee during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War July 2, 1863

Corporal Lemuel F. Holland was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 2, 1863 at Elk River, Tennessee during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry. Holland was 22 years old.

27 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on October 30, 1897, 34 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant.

Holland was born on July 28, 1840 in Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois. Holland died on January 13, 1914 in Decatur, Illinois, at the age of 73. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Decatur, Illinois.

Holland is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 210 credited to Illinois.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Burlington — map
  • Buried: Greenwood Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. July 28, 1840
    Born in Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio
  2. July 2, 1863
    Act of valor — Elk River, Tennessee
    Age 22. Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry
  3. October 30, 1897
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. January 13, 1914
    Died in Decatur, Illinois
    Age 73.
  5. Resting place
    Greenwood Cemetery
    Decatur, Illinois

Biography

Lemuel F. Holland (July 28, 1840 – January 13, 1914) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Holland was born in Burlington, Ohio on July 28, 1840, and entered service at LaSalle County, Illinois. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on July 2, 1863, while serving as a corporal with Company D, 104th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, at Elk River, Tennessee. His Medal of Honor was issued on October 30, 1897. He died at the age of 73, on January 13, 1914, and was buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in Decatur, Illinois.

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Also honored for actions on July 2, 1863

Nathaniel M. Allen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CC Casper R. Carlisle Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 Harrison Clark Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 John Barclay Fassett Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 Chester S. Furman Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 RG Richard J. Gage Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JH John William Hart Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 TH Thomas Horan Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 GH George L. Houghton Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WJ Wallace W. Johnson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Edward M. Knox Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 28 recipients for July 2, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from Illinois

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