Charles Ferguson Smith
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Charles Ferguson Smith was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and the Utah War. He served as a Union Army major general during the Americ
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Charles Ferguson Smith's tombstone in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Battle of Shiloh
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The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which wa
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…16th President Abraham Lincoln may have been a factor). Smith suffered a serious leg injury while jumping into a rowboat that forced him to miss the Battle of Shiloh, where his experience was sorely missed. Smith died on April 25, 1862, at Savannah, Tennessee, from infection of the leg injury and subsequent dysentery…
1888 illustration of the battle
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