Medal of Honor
August 5, 1864
Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S.S. Brooklyn
The Citation
Sources ↓On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats, and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire continued to fall, Cpl. Smith fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious 2_hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee.
Sources & record notes
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- Willard M Smith — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002684
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-31
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 45
- Accredited to
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d4bcd63ba478cc25785444ff38b1748058c79242a0ca208c3e10b43b378b3f66
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