Charles D. Ennis

Charles D. Ennis
Born(1843-08-08)August 8, 1843
Stonington, Connecticut, US
DiedDecember 29, 1930(1930-12-29) (aged 87)
Rhode Island, US
Burial place
White Brook Cemetery
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Branch
 United States Army
Rank
Private
UnitRhode Island Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery
Awards Medal of Honor

Private Charles D. Ennis (8 August 1843 – 29 December 1930) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Ennis received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Third Battle of Petersburg in Virginia on April 2, 1865. He was honored with the award on June 28, 1892.

Biography

Ennis was born in Stonington, Connecticut, on August 8, 1843. He enlisted into the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. He died on December 29, 1930, and his remains are interred at the White Brook Cemetery in Rhode Island.

Medal of Honor citation

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.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 USARCMH.
  2. 1 2 Hall of Valor.
  3. ↑ Dyer (1908), p. 1633.
  4. ↑ Beyer (1905), p. 516.

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