Charles D. Ennis
Born: August 8, 1843 at Stonington, Connecticut
Home Town: Charleston, Rhode Island
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Date of Issue: June 28, 1892
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Charles D. Ennis, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 April 1865, while serving with Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, in action at Petersburg, Virginia. Private Ennis 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.