Thomas Kilby Smith
Thomas Kilby Smith | |
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54th Ohio Infantry 2nd Division, XVII Corps | |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War
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| Other work | Diplomat, journalist |
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Thomas Kilby Smith (September 23, 1820 – December 14, 1887) was a lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from the state of
Early life and career
Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 23, 1820. He was the eldest son of Captain George Smith and Eliza Bicker Walter. Both his paternal and maternal forefathers were active and prominent in the professional life and in the government of New England.
His parents moved to
Civil War
Smith entered the Union Army on September 9, 1861, as a
He was conspicuous in the Battle of Shiloh, on April 6 and 7, 1862, assuming command of Stuart's Brigade, Sherman's Division, during the second day. As commander of a brigade in the XV and then in the XVII Army Corps, he participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Tennessee; being also for some months on staff duty with General Ulysses S. Grant.
He was commissioned as a
Postbellum career
After the war he removed to Torresdale, Philadelphia. In 1866 President Andrew Johnson appointed him as the United States Consul at Panama. He inventoried Julius H. Kroehl's personal belongings (the first successful deep diving submarine) when he died presumably by the bends in Panama. At the time of his death, he was engaged in journalism in New York City.
On May 2, 1848, he married Elizabeth Budd, daughter of Dr. William Budd McCullough and Arabella Sanders Piatt, of Cincinnati. She was a gifted and devout woman, and through her influence and that of the venerable archbishop Purcell he became a Catholic some years before his death. He left five sons and three daughters.
In 1911, a bronze bust of Smith by sculptor Louis Milione was dedicated in Vicksburg National Military Park. Smith's sons paid for the plaque and donated it to the park.[5]
54th Ohio Infantry Monument
The monument is located in the
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the National Park Service
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thomas Kilby Smith". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Notes
- ^ Appleton's Cyclopedia
- ^ Officers of the Volunteer Army and Navy who Served in the Civil War, L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1893.
- ^ Genealogy and Local History in Union County, Ohio, "History of Jerome Township," p. 108.
- ^ "Louisiana State University". Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ "Col. Thomas K.Smith, US Commander". Archived from the original on October 15, 2006.
External links
- Works by or about Thomas Kilby Smith at Internet Archive
- Accompanying Document No. 9 to "Report of Carl Schurz on the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana," 1865.
