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Alexander Kelly

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Died when: 67 years 73 days (806 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Alexander Kelly

Alexander Kelly (April 7, 1840 – June 19, 1907) was an African-American coal miner and native of Pennsylvania who fought with the Union Army as a member of the 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.

He was awarded his nation's highest military decoration—the U.S.Medal of Honor—for his gallantry in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Virginia on September 29, 1864.


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