Levi Shoemaker

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Levi Shoemaker
Born(1840-06-25)June 25, 1840
Monongalia, Virginia, US (modern-day West Virginia)
DiedApril 3, 1917(1917-04-03) (aged 76)
Monongalia, West Virginia, US
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
BranchUnited States Army
Union Army
RankSergeant
UnitCompany A, 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
ConflictsAmerican Civil War
AwardsMedal of Honor

Levi Shoemaker (June 25, 1840 – April 3, 1917) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

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