Civil War
Samuel E. Lewis
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
2 April 1865 · Petersburg, Virginia
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- 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.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
