Paul Gillmor
American politician (1939-2007)
Charles Ferguson Smith
Union Army General
Charles Ferguson Smithwas 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 American Civil War.
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Charles Ferguson Smithwas 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 American Civil War.
He served as commandant of cadets of the United States Military Academy from 1838 to 1843. During the American Civil War, he served in the Army of the Tennessee under Ulysses S. Grant, who was a student of his at the military academy. Smith was instrumental in Grant’s victory at the Battle of Fort Donelson but died in April 1862 due to infection of a non-combat leg injury and subsequent dysentery.