Francis M. Smith
Name: Francis M. Smith
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 1st MD Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: n/a
Rank at End of Service: 1st Lieutenant
Notes:
Received a Medal of Honor for his service at Dabney Mills, VA on 2/6/1865; the accompanying citation reads: "Voluntarily remained with the body of his regimental commander under a heavy fire after the brigade had retired and brought the body off the field."
Source(s):
Medal of Honor Recipients, U.S. Army Center of Military History, www.history.army.mil.; Paul and Rita Gordon, Frederick County, Maryland: A Playground of the Civil War (The Heritage Partnership, Frederick, MD: M&B Printing Inc., 1994), 315
