Jacob H. Smith Military person

General Jacob Hurd Smith (January 29, 1840 – March 1, 1918) was a United States Army officer best known for ordering an indiscriminate retaliatory attack on a group of Filipinos during the Philippine–American War after fifty-one American soldiers were killed in a surprise attack on the Island of Samar. His orders included, "kill everyone over the age of ten" and make the island "a howling wilderness." Court-martialed for the incident, he was dubbed "Hell Roaring Jake" Smith, "The Monster", and "Howling Jake" by the press as a result.

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Jacob H. Smith
Birth dateJanuary 29, 1840
Birth place
Ohio
Date of deathMarch 01, 1918
Place of death
San Diego

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allegianceUnion
military operations
American Civil War
Spanish–American War
American Indian Wars
Battle of Shiloh
Philippine–American War
military branch
Union Army
service start1861
service end1902

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