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U.S. Army

Cornelius Cole Smith

ConflictIndian Campaigns

RankColonel U.S. Army Ret.

Year of Action1891

Unit/Command6th U.S. Cavalry, Company K

BirthplaceTucson, Arizona

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.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Indian Campaigns Year of Action: 1891

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