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Corporal · U.S. Army

Charles E. Smith

Corporal Charles E. Smith, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on July 12, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns July 12, 1870

Corporal Charles E. Smith, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on July 12, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Smith was about 26 years old.

12 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 25, 1870.

Smith was born in 1844 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Smith is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 78 credited to Missouri.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. 1844
    Born in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
  2. July 12, 1870
    Act of valor — Wichita River, Texas
    Age about 26. Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry
  3. August 25, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on July 12, 1870

JC John Connor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 GE George H. Eldridge Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JG John J. Given Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 ✦ TK Thomas Kerrigan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JK John Kirk First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JM John May Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SN Solon D. Neal Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SP Samuel Porter Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 AS Alonzo Stokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JW James C. Watson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 CW Claron Windus Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 WW William Winterbottom Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

Same unit

JA James F. Ayers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 MD Michael Dawson Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 PG Peter W. Gardiner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 JH John Harrington Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 EH Elisha Simpson Hornaday Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 GK George Krause Kitchen Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JL James Lowthers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 WM William W. Morris Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Missouri

MM Michael A. McGann First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 AN Adam Neder Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 EW Enoch R. Weiss Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 William Preble Hall First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 TF Thomas Hall Forsyth First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 William Evans Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876
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.