Charles Henry Smith (Army Medal of Honor)
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BornNovember 1, 1827
Hollis, Maine, US
DiedJuly 17, 1902 (aged 74)
Washington, D.C., US
AllegianceUnited States
Charles Henry Smith | |
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 Charles Henry Smith, 1st Maine Volunteer Cavalry, c. 1865 | |
| Born | November 1, 1827 Hollis, Maine, US |
| Died | July 17, 1902 (aged 74) Washington, D.C., US |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Union Army |
| Service years | 1861–1891 |
| Rank |  Colonel Brevet major general |
| Unit | 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment 19th U.S. Infantry Regiment |
| Conflicts | American Civil War
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| Awards |  Medal of Honor |
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Charles Henry Smith (November 1, 1827 – July 17, 1902) was a brigadier general of the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the American Civil War.
Smith was born in Hollis, Maine.[1] He taught school before the Civil War. He married Mary R. L. Livermore in 1850. She died on December 18, 1897, in Washington, D.C. He never remarried and died in Washington on July 17, 1902.[2] He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery next to his wife. His younger brother, George Washington Smith, served as a 90-day volunteer as a sergeant in Co I, 3rd Massachusetts Infantry, reenlisting in the 18th Massachusetts Infantry where he served from August 1861 to September 1864.
