SMITH, Charles Ferguson
Affiliation:
Union
Born: April 24 1807, Philadelphia PA
Died: April 25 1862, Savannah TN
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1825, Mexican war, frontier duty, Red River expedition, Utah expedition.
War Service: 1861 recruiting duty, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen.
of Volunteers, commanded Dist of Western Kentucky, commanded 2nd Divn/Army
of Tennessee at Fts Henry and Donelson, March 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of
Volunteers
Post War: Smith died on April 25, 1862, at Savannah, Tennessee, from infection of a leg injury and subsequent dysentery.