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Civil War

Charles D. Ennis

Private · U.S. Army

Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery

2 April 1865 · Petersburg, Virginia

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Rhode Island
Action
Petersburg, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.

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