Samuel E. Lewis
Born: Coventry, Rhode Island
Home Town: Coventry, Rhode Island
Medal of Honor
U.S. Army
American Civil War
Date of Issue: June 16, 1866
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Samuel E. Lewis, 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. Corporal Lewis 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.
