Thomas Kilby Smith Military person

Thomas Kilby Smith (September 23, 1820 – December 14, 1887) was a lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from the state of Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then in the postbellum United States Army. He led a brigade and then a division in the Army of the Tennessee in several of the most significant campaigns of the Western Theater of operations before failing health forced him to a series of desk jobs.

Personal facts

Thomas Kilby Smith
Birth dateSeptember 23, 1820
Birth place
Boston
Date of deathDecember 14, 1887
Place of death
New York City , New York

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allegianceUnion
military operations
American Civil War
Vicksburg Campaign
Red River Campaign
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Shiloh
military branch
Union Army
military command
2nd Division XVII Corps
54th Ohio Infantry
military unit
Army of the Tennessee
service start1861

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External resources

  1. http://www.nps.gov/archive/vick/oh/oh54inf.htm