Medal of Honor Action Place: Newbys Crossroads, Virginia, USA
Citation
While in command of a squadron in rear guard of a cavalry division, then retiring before the advance of a corps of infantry, was attacked by the enemy and, orders having been given to abandon the guns of a section of field artillery with the rear guard that were in imminent danger of capture, he disregarded the orders received and aided in repelling the attack and saving the guns.
Medal of Honor Recipient Smith H. Hastings
Additional Details
Accredited to: Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: August 2, 1897
Born: December 27, 1843, Quincy, Branch County, MI, United States
Died: October 13, 1905, Denver, CO, United States
Buried: Riverside Cemetery (MH) (3-53), Denver, CO, United States