SMITH, Green Clay

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: July 4 1826, Richmond KY

Died: June 29 1895, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Mexican war, lawyer, politician

War Service: March 1862 Col. of 4th Kentucky Cavalry, Lebanon TN, June 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, November 1862 elected to Congress, resigned commission December 1863.

Post War: US congressman, territorial governor of Montana, pastor and temperance advocate.