Medal of Honor
February 5, 1865
Rowanty Creek, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 4th Delaware Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Swam the partly frozen creek under fire to establish a crossing.
Sources & record notes
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- Samuel Rodmond Smith — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001622
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Major
- Entered service at
- Wilmington, Del.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 76a1e9b0f347c14f0d645db38526727d557bb6c4ba6d4c87ff5c6fde5e764708
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