U.S. Army
Wilson Smith
ConflictCivil War
RankSergeant
Year of Action1862
Unit/Command*Battery H, 3rd New York Light Artillery
BirthplaceMadison, New York
Citation
Took command of a gun (the lieutenant in charge having disappeared) and fired the same so rapidly and effectively that the enemy was repulsed, although for a time a hand_to_hand conflict was had over the gun.
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