Lemuel F. Holland
Born: July 28, 1840 at Burlington, Ohio
Home Town: Tiskilwa, Illinois
Date of Issue: October 30, 1897
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Lemuel F. Holland, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 July 1863, while serving with Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry, in action at Elk River, Tennessee. Corporal Holland voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.
