Charles H. Smith | |||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 7 March 1826 | ||||||||||||
Death Date: | [1] | ||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Standish, Maine, US | ||||||||||||
Death Place: | Concord, Vermont, US | ||||||||||||
Resting Place: | Ocean View Cemetery, Wells, Maine | ||||||||||||
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Charles H. Smith (March 7, 1826 - February 4, 1898) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions aboard the .
Smith was born March 7, 1826, in Standish, Maine, Jones was living in Maine when he joined the U.S. Navy. He served during the Civil War as a Coxswain on the .
Smith died September 4, 1900, in Concord, Vermont. He is buried in Ocean View Cemetery, Wells, Maine.
Smith's official Medal of Honor citation reads:Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1826, Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
On board the which was engaged in rescuing men from the stricken in Mobile Bay, on December 30, 1862. After the Monitor sprang a leak and went down, Smith courageously risked his life in a gallant attempt to rescue members of the crew. Although he, too, lost his life during the hazardous operation, he had made every effort possible to save the lives of his fellow men..