Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Anthony A. Smalley akaberekerwa muMassachusetts muna 1836. Akapiwa basa reActing Master musi wa 27 Kurume 1862 nokuda kwebasa munguva yeHondo yeVanhu veAmerica; asi akazorwara uye kugadzwa kwake kwakadzoswa musi wa 1 Gunyana 1863. Apo utano hwake hwakamubvumira, Smalley akakumbira kudzorerwa, uye akapiwa basa reActing Ensign musi wa 1 December 1863. Akashanda muNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron pabhodhi uye akazviratidza panguva yechipiri Hondo yeFort Fisher
. Pakurwiswa, Smalley akanga ari mutungamiri weboka revarume 18 kubva ku "Pequot" iro raive nebasa rekuchera makomba ekurwiswa kwechivako. Iye navarume vake vakagoveranawo mukurwisa nhare. Tsamba dzokurumbidza dzaibva kumukuru wake mukuru dzairumbidza ushingi hwake uye kudzikama paaivaka migero iri kurwiswa uye paaitungamirira varume vake pakurwisa. Smalley akabudiswa muuto rehondo nomufaro musi wa 3 August 1865. Akafira muBoston, Massachusetts musi wa24 January 1894.