Cornelius Smith

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

With 4 men of his troop drove off a superior force of the enemy and held his position against their repeated efforts to recapture it, and subsequently pursued them a great distance.

Conflicts: Indian War Campaigns
Organization: U.S. Army

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