Civil War
Wilson Smith
Corporal · U.S. Army
Battery H, 3d New York Light Artillery
6 September 1862 · Washington, North Carolina
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Washington, North Carolina
The citation
Official citation
Took command of a gun (the lieutenant in charge having disappeared) and fired the same so rapidly and effectively that the enemy was repulsed, although for a time a hand_to_hand conflict was had over the gun.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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