Benjamin Bennett Levy
Born: February 22, 1845 at New York, New York
Home Town: Newport News, Virginia
Date of Issue: March 1, 1865
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Benjamin Bennett Levy, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 30 June 1862, while serving with Company G, 1st New York Infantry, in action at Glendale, Virginia. Private Levy, 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.
