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Civil War
Oloff Smith
Coxswain · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
5 August 1864 · USS Richmond
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- USS Richmond
The citation
Official citation
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 performed his duties with skill and courage throughout the furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
