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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Soldier<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[First Lieutenant]]<br />
| name = Charles Jenks Simons<br />
| image = Charles Jenks Simons c1900 public domain USGov.jpg<br />
| birth_date = 29 March 1843<br />
| death_date = 18 June 1914 (aged 71)<br />
| birth_place = Bombay (modern day [[Mumbai]]), India<br />
| death_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]<br />
| placeofburial = [[Oak Woods Cemetery]], Chicago, Illinois (cremated)<br />
| allegiance = [[United States]] (Union)<br />
| branch = [[Army]]<br />
| serviceyears = 1862-1865<br />
| rank = [[First Lieutenant]]<br />
| unit = Company A, [[9th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment|9th New Hampshire Infantry]]<br />
| battles = [[Siege of Petersburg|Battle of Petersburg]], [[Virginia]]<br />
| awards = [[Medal of Honor]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Charles Jenks Simons''' (29 March 1843 — 18 June 1914) was a [[first lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army]] who was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for gallantry during the [[American Civil War]]. He was awarded the medal on 27 July 1896 for actions performed at the [[Battle of Petersburg]] in [[Virginia]] on 30 July 1864.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Charles Jenks Simons (1843-1914) - Find A Grave...|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8114947/charles-jenks-simons|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.findagrave.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Charles Simons - Recipient -|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/442|access-date=2021-05-28|website=valor.militarytimes.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Jenks Simons {{!}} U.S. Civil War {{!}} U.S. Army {{!}} Medal of Honor Recipient|url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/charles-j-simons|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=American Civil War Research Database|url=http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&619452|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.civilwardata.com}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Simons was born on 29 March 1843 in Bombay (modern-day [[Mumbai]]), [[India]]. He married Ellen F. Adams in 1868 and fathered one son, Francis Pitcher Simons. He died in [[Chicago]], Illinois, on 18 June 1914 and was cremated at [[Oak Woods Cemetery]] in Chicago. His ashes were returned to his family.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Military service ==<br />
Simons enlisted in the Army as a [[sergeant]] in [[Exeter, New Hampshire]], on 12 June 1862. On 3 July 1862 he was assigned to Company A of the [[9th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment|9th New Hampshire Infantry]]. He was wounded on 30 July 1864.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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Simons' Medal of Honor citation reads:<ref name=":1" /> <br />
{{Blockquote|text=The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Charles Jenks Simons, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 30 July 1864, while serving with Company A, 9th New Hampshire Infantry, in action at Petersburg, Virginia. Sergeant Simons was one of the first in the [[Battle of the Crater|exploded mine]], captured a number of prisoners, and was himself captured, but escaped.|author=D. S. Lamont, Secretary of War}}<br />
On 1 November 1864, Simons was transferred to Company K of the 9th and promoted to [[second lieutenant]]. He was promoted to [[first lieutenant]] on 1 February 1865 and was transferred back to Company A. He was mustered out of the Army on 10 June 1865 at [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], Virginia.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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