*SMITH, GEORGE W.
Rank and Organization: Private, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 September 1874. Birth: Greenfield, N.Y. Date
of Issue: 4 November 1874. Private, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 September 1874. Birth: Greenfield, N.Y. Date
of Issue: 4 November 1874.
Citation:
While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his
comrades fought throughout the day. Pvt. Smith was mortally wounded during the engagement
and died early the next day.