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Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph Sewall Smith

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001110Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

October 27, 1864

Hatcher's Run, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Lieutenant Colonel
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
2d Army Corps

The Citation

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Led a part of a brigade, saved 2 pieces of artillery, captured a flag, and secured a number of prisoners.
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Led a part of a brigade, saved two pieces of artillery, captured a flag, and secured a number of prisoners.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Joseph Sewall Smith — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001116
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Brigadier General
Entered service at
Maine
Archive transcription SHA-256
c330a1261dbb1c93f403ba1285fab9f582dd0c568413730df322e4754b5cabb0

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current reference profile confirms the award; name expanded or reconciled; action rank reconciled; highest later rank retained as Brevet Brigadier General; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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