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Samuel E. Lewis

Corporal Samuel E. Lewis, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on April 2, 1865 in Petersburg, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War April 2, 1865

Corporal Samuel E. Lewis was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 2, 1865 in Petersburg, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. Lewis was about 25 years old.

65 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on June 16, 1866.

Lewis was born in 1840 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island. Lewis died on March 22, 1907, at the age of about 67. He is buried at North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island.

Lewis is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 31 credited to Rhode Island.

Official Medal of Honor 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.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Rhode Island — map
  • Buried: North Burial Ground — map

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Timeline

  1. 1840
    Born in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island
  2. April 2, 1865
    Act of valor — Petersburg, Virginia
    Age about 25. Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
  3. June 16, 1866
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. March 22, 1907
    Died
    Age about 67.
  5. Resting place
    North Burial Ground
    Providence, Rhode Island

Biography

Samuel E. Lewis (1840 - March 22, 1907) was a Corporal in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.

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Also honored for actions on April 2, 1865

AA Abner Peeler Allen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 AA Andrew O. Apple Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 William J. Babcock Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JB James Albert Barber Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 EB Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont Major and Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1865 William Robert douglas Blackwood Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1865 JB John W. Boutwell Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JB John E. Buffington Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 CC Carlton N. Camp Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Corcoran Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Stephen Potter Corliss First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 JC Josiah M. Curtis Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865

See all 66 recipients for April 2, 1865 →

More Civil War recipients from Rhode Island

JT Joseph Taylor Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JB John Knight Bucklyn First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 JE John Edwards Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 GR George E. Read Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JC James Madison Cutts Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 BC Benjamin Ham Child Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.