Andrew Jackson Smith

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1815-04-28

Death Date

1897-01-30

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"Andrew Jackson Smith" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018079, (accessed June 3, 2024).

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Pennsylvania soldier. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, native. Son of Samuel Smith and Anne Lacey Wilkinson Smith. Married to Ann Mason Simpson on October 17, 1844. Father of Robert S. Smith and William B. Smith. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. Served in the First United States Dragoons as a second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, and major from July 1, 1838 to August 3, 1861. Served in the 2nd California Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as colonel from October 2, 1861 to November 3, 1861. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on March 17, 1862. Promoted to Major General of Volunteers on May 12, 1864. Commanded the XVI Corps of the Union Army.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis Ward 4, p. 220.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis Ward 5, p, 816A.
Francis Bernard Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Its Organization, September 29, 1789 to March 2, 1903 Volume 1, Part 2 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903), 894.
David Sesser, "Andrew Jackson Smith (1815-1897),"Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Accessed July 8, 2022, https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/andrew-jackson-smith-7976/.

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