Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Maj. Wm. M. Smith” in chapter 71 of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments.:

...t of Beaufort, died of yellow fever at Beaufort, Oct. 7, 1864. The regiment moved to Core Creek March 4, 1865, and from the 8th to the 11th of the month was engaged at Wise's Forks under command of Maj. Wm. M. Smith , Lieutenant-Colonel Splaine being in charge of the brigade of which the regiment formed a part. Joining General Sherman's army at Goldsboroa, N. C., March 25, 1865, the regiment moved with it to Ra...
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