Facts:   - death place: ottumwa , iowa    - branch: united states army union army    - caption: godley 's headstone in ottumwa , iowa    - placeofburial label: place of burial    - battles: american civil war siege of vicksburg    - death date: 23 may 1904    - allegiance: united states      - placeofburial: ottumwa cemetery , ottumwa , iowa    - awards: medal of honor    - birth date: 13 june 1836    - serviceyears: 1862 - 1863    - name: leonidas godley    - image size: 220    - unit: 22nd iowa volunteer infantry regiment    - image: leonidas m. godley headstone.jpg    - birth place: mason county , west virginia    - rank: first sergeant   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of leonidas m. godley .
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leonidas mahlon godley -lrb- june 13 , 1836 -- may 23 , 1904 -rrb- was a union army soldier during the american civil war .he received the medal of honor for gallantry during the siege of vicksburg on may 22 , 1863 .