Thaddeus S. Smith
Born: May 13, 1847 at Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: May 5, 1900
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Thaddeus S. Smith, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 July 1863, while serving with Company E, 6th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry, in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Corporal Smith was one of six volunteers who charged upon a log house near the Devil’s Den, where a squad of the enemy’s sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.