Ka cika wannan magana: An haifi Anthony A. Smalley a Massachusetts a shekara ta 1836. An ba shi izini a ranar 27 ga Maris, 1862 don yin aiki a lokacin yakin basasar Amurka; amma daga baya ya yi rashin lafiya kuma an soke nadin nasa a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1863. Lokacin da lafiyarsa ta ba da izini, Smalley ya nemi a sake dawowa, kuma an ba shi izinin zama mai ba da izini a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1863. Ya yi aiki a cikin Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron a kan jirgin kuma ya bambanta kansa a lokacin
Yaƙin na biyu na Fort Fisher. A cikin harin, Smalley ya jagoranci rundunar mutane 18 daga "Pequot" wanda ke da alhakin haƙa rami don kai hari kan sansanin. Shi da mutanensa sun kuma shiga cikin cajin a kan sansanin. Wasikun yabo daga kwamandansa sun yaba da jaruntakarsa da kwanciyar hankali yayin da yake gina rami a ƙarƙashin wuta da kuma lokacin da yake jagorantar mutanensa a cikin cajin. Smalley ya yi murabus daga Navy a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 1865. Ya mutu a Boston, Massachusetts a ranar 24 ga Janairu 1894.