Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
Dewitt Clinton Lewis
Details
- Rank: Captain (Highest Rank: Brevet Lieutenant Colonel)
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company F,
97th Pennsylvania Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: June 16, 1862
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Secessionville, South Carolina, USA
Citation
While retiring with his men before a heavy fire of canister shot at short-range, returned in the face of the enemy's fire and rescued an exhausted private of his company who but for this timely action would have lost his life by drowning in the morass through which the troops were retiring.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: April 23, 1896
- Born: July 30, 1822, West Chester, Chester County, PA, United States
- Died: June 28, 1899, Morton, PA, United States
- Buried: Oakland Cemetery (F-29), West Chester, PA, United States