# William F. Smith — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> William F. Smith in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Union general and engineer who served under Grant.

## In the story

### [First Meeting with Secretary Stanton—General Rosecrans—Commanding Military Division of Mississippi—Andrew Johnson’s Address—Arrival at Chattanooga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xl)

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xli)

Instrumental in planning and commanding the troops that executed the Brown's Ferry crossing and bridge-laying.

### [Chapter LV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/lv)

General; leads division in assault, gains outer rifle-pits with support.

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