Smith H. Hastings

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Smith H. Hastings
Hastings, Smith Hugh c1865 MoH public domain image.jpg
Hastings in c.1865
Born(1843-12-27)December 27, 1843
Quincy, Michigan
DiedOctober 13, 1905(1905-10-13) (aged 61)
Buried
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Army
Union Army
Rank Colonel
Unit Flag of Michigan.svg Company M, 5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Battles/wars American Civil War
AwardsMedal of Honor ribbon.svg Medal of Honor
Hastings' burial marker in Riverside Cemetery, Colorado Smith H. Hasting's Burial Marker in Riverside Cemetery, Colorado.jpg
Hastings' burial marker in Riverside Cemetery, Colorado

Smith H. Hastings (December 27, 1843 - October 13, 1905) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. [1]

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Hastings was born in Quincy, Michigan, on December 27, 1843. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on July 24, 1863, while serving as a captain with Company M, 5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, at Newbys Crossroads, Virginia. His Medal of Honor was issued on August 2, 1897. [2]

Colonel Hastings was a companion of the Colorado Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

He died at the age of 61, on October 13, 1905, and was buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.

Medal of Honor citation

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain Smith H. Hastings, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 24 July 1863, while serving with Troop M, 5th Michigan Cavalry, in action at Newbys Crossroads, Virginia. While in command of a squadron in rear guard of a cavalry division, then retiring before the advance of a corps of infantry, Captain Hastings 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. [3]

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Notes

  1. US Army CMH (2014).
  2. CMOHS (2014).
  3. Sightline Media Group (2020).

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