James Smith

Captain of the Forecastle · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

5 August 1864 · Place not recorded

Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: Civil War
Home state: New York
Action: James Smith, 5 August 1864

The citation

Official citation

As captain of a gun on board the U.S.S: Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Smith fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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