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. Medal of Honor citation References External links 1840 births 1914 deaths People from Lawrence County, Ohio Burials in Illinois Union Army soldiers United States Army Medal of Honor recipients American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor People of Illinois in the American Civil War