Medal of Honor
September 12, 1874
Washita River, Texas, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day. Pvt. Smith was mortally wounded during the engagement and died early the next day.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day. Pvt. Smith was mortally wounded during the engagement and died early the next day. Buffalo Wallow Battlegrounds remains not recovered
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George W Smith — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001329
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 2fd2140699899215d9fa093397aa7af9f862a2b76324d03f258dbab4777e2e80
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The exact current Society rendered citation includes the appended fragment “Buffalo Wallow Battlegrounds remains not recovered”; it is preserved verbatim in the source snapshot rather than silently removed.