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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Giles Alexander 1829-1876 (search)

Smith, Giles Alexander 1829-1876 Military officer; born in Jefferson county, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1829; engaged in the dry goods business in Cincinnati, O., and Bloomington, Ill.; entered the Civil War as captain in the 8th Missouri Volunteers in 1861; becoming lieutenant-colonel and colonel in 1862; brevetted brigadier-general, United States volunteers in 1863; and was later transferred to the 25th Army Corps, and became major-general of volunteers in 1865: resigned in 1866 and settled in Bloomington, Ill.; was second assistant postmastergeneral in 1869-72; and founded the Society of the Army of Tennessee. He died in Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 8, 1876.

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