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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.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1862

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