Samuel Rodmond Smith
Born: April 20, 1841 at Wilmington, Delaware
Home Town: Wilmington, Delaware
Medal of Honor
U.S. Army
American Civil War
Date of Issue: April 8, 1895
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain (Infantry) Samuel Rodmond Smith, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 5 February 1865, while serving with Company C, 4th Delaware Infantry, in action at Rowanty Creek, Virginia. Captain Smith swam the partly frozen creek under fire to establish a crossing.
