b. 22/07/1840 Olean, New York. d. 26/03/1918 Kenmore, New York.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 05/08/1864 Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Smith was born in 1840 in Allegany, New York, and entered the Marine Corps from Brooklyn, New York on August 18, 1862. He was a corporal assigned to the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Brooklyn when it was sent to fight in the American Civil War during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
He was discharged from the Marine Corps on August 19, 1866.
MOH CITATION:
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats, and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire continued to fall, Cpl. Smith fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious two-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee.
BURIAL LOCATION: ELM LAWN CEMETERY, BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
CATALPA LAWN, GRAVE 4.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.
