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Sergeant · U.S. Army

Andrew J. Smith

Sergeant Andrew J. Smith, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on October 20, 1869 in Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns October 20, 1869

Sergeant Andrew J. Smith, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on October 20, 1869 in Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Smith was about 21 years old.

32 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on February 14, 1870.

Smith was born in 1848 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.

Smith is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 85 credited to Maryland.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. 1848
    Born in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
  2. October 20, 1869
    Act of valor — Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory
    Age about 21. Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry
  3. February 14, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on October 20, 1869

JC John Carr Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 CD Charles H. Dickens Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JD John L. Donahue Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 EE Edwin L. Elwood Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JG John Georgian Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 MH Mosher A. Harding Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FJ Frederick Jarvis Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 BK Bartholomew T. Keenan Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 CK Charles Kelley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 NM Nicholas Meaher Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 EM Edward Murphy Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FO Francis Oliver First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

See all 33 recipients for October 20, 1869 →

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Maryland

WF William Foster Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 FD Frederick Deetline Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HZ Herman Ziegner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JM John Mott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JS John Sheerin Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 JC John Crist Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.