Ovid Wellford Smith (Medal of Honor) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Ovid Wellford Smith

Medal of Honor

The General

Great Locomotive Chase

Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
 

Ovid Wellford Smith (Civil War) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Ovid Wellford Smith
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Great Locomotive Chase
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Medal Of Honor
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Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio

Ovid Wellford Smith (Medal Of Honor) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Ovid Wellford Smith (enlisted as James Smith)

Medal of Honor recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 2d Ohio Infantry

Place and date: Georgia, April 1862

Date of issue: 6 July 1864

Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tract between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

Medal of Honor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor

Civil War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

Great Locomotive Chase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase

Ovid Wellford Smith (Great Locomotive Chase) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Ovud Wellford Smith aka James Smith
Green Lawn Cemetery
Section C
Columbus, Ohio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase

https://www.ohiochannel.org/video/remarkable-ohio-ovid-wellford-smith

Ovid Wellford Smith - Green Lawn Cemetery

Green Lawn Cemetery, section c, Columbus, Ohio

Ovid Wellford Smith is one of 5 Medal Of Honor recipients buried at Green Lawn Cemetery. Of the 5, two are from the Civil War, two are from the Indian Wars and one is from World War 1. At the time of his enlistment, Smith was 16 years old but gave his age as 22. He enlisted under the name of James Smith due to not having his parents blessing. He enlisted in Circleville, Ohio in Company I, 2 OVI. Smith was awarded the Medal Of Honor for actions involved with the Andrews Raid. Smith didn't actually help with the hijacking of the General. The morning of the raid, he actually overslept. Smith enlisted in a Confederate unit to avoid suspicion. Smith was also held at Swims Jail. Smith was able to escape back to the Union. For what he endured is why he was awarded the medal on July 6, 1864. In 1868, Ovid Wellford Smith died of Pneumonia.

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