Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character

William F. Smith

Union general and engineer who served under Grant.

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Also known as General W. F. Smith, Smith, W. F. Smith, General Smith

First appearance: i

William F. Smith shows up with force in First Meeting with Secretary Stanton—General Rosecrans—Commanding Military Division of Mississippi—Andrew Johnson’s Address—Arrival at Chattanooga. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Chief engineer of the Army of the Cumberland; briefs Grant on the situation and has already begun constructing bridges and a steamer.

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William F. Smith first appears in 0003 i.

In First Meeting with Secretary Stanton—General Rosecrans—Commanding Military Division of Mississippi—Andrew Johnson’s Address—Arrival at Chattanooga: Chief engineer of the Army of the Cumberland; briefs Grant on the situation and has already begun constructing bridges and a steamer.

Later, in Assuming the Command at Chattanooga—Opening a Line of Supplies—Battle of Wauhatchie—On the Picket Line: Instrumental in planning and commanding the troops that executed the Brown's Ferry crossing and bridge-laying.

See William F. Smith in First Meeting with Secretary Stanton—General Rosecrans—Commanding Military Division of Mississippi—Andrew Johnson’s Address—Arrival at Chattanooga Book page

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First Meeting with Secretary Stanton—General Rosecrans—Commanding Military Division of Mississippi—Andrew Johnson’s Address—Arrival at Chattanooga
Chief engineer of the Army of the Cumberland; briefs Grant on the situation and has already begun constructing bridges and a steamer.
Assuming the Command at Chattanooga—Opening a Line of Supplies—Battle of Wauhatchie—On the Picket Line
Instrumental in planning and commanding the troops that executed the Brown's Ferry crossing and bridge-laying.
Chapter LV
General; leads division in assault, gains outer rifle-pits with support.

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See William F. Smith in First Meeting with Secretary Stanton—General Rosecrans—Commanding Military Division of Mississippi—Andrew Johnson’s Address—Arrival at Chattanooga