U.S. Army
Lewis, Dewitt ClintonConflictCivil War
RankBrevet Lieutenant Colonel
Year of Action1862
Unit/CommandCompany F, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
HometownWest Chester, Pennsylvania
Citation
While retiring with his men before a heavy fire of can1ster 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.
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