Giles A. Smith
Giles A. Smith rose through the 8th Missouri Infantry from captain to colonel and, by August 1863, brigadier general of volunteers, reaching major general in November 1865. He fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Vicksburg, the Third Battle of Chattanooga (where he was wounded), the Atlanta campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and […]