Andrew J. Smith
Andrew J. Smith, a career cavalry officer, rose to major general commanding infantry divisions in the Western Theater. He fought at Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post, and during the Vicksburg and Red River campaigns, winning his most noted victory over Confederate forces at Tupelo in 1864 before helping secure victory at Nashville. He survived the […]
John M. Orr
Otto Burstenbinder
Leonidas C. Houk
Leonidas C. Houk enlisted as a private in August 1861 and was commissioned colonel of the 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (Union) in February 1862, leading his regiment in eastern Tennessee and Kentucky, including a hard-fought retreat from London, Kentucky, in August 1862. Failing health forced his retirement in April 1863. After the war he became […]