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Eight days later, the army promoted Smith to the full grade of second lieutenant on July 9, 1853, and assigned him to recruiting duty with the Second Artillery at Fort Columbus Depot in New York. Sheridan, as well as Confederate General John Bell Hood.įollowing Smith's graduation from the USMA, he was brevetted to second lieutenant of artillery. Lee served as commandant of the school.Other members of the class of 1853 who would play prominent roles in the Civil War included future Union major generals James B. During his years at West Point, future Confederate General-in-Chief Robert E. Smith entered the Academy on July 1, 1849, and graduated on July 1, 1853, ranked sixth in his class. Vinton to the United States Military Academy. The same year, Smith received an appointment from Ohio Congressman Samuel F. Working as a janitor and at various odd jobs, Smith earned enough money to support himself plus pay his tuition at Ohio University where he graduated with a degree in engineering in 1849. Little is known of Smith's early life other than he attended local schools before departing for Athens, Ohio, at age fifteen to further his education. Smith's father captained a volunteer unit during the War of 1812 and his paternal grandfather served with colonial forces during the American Revolution. He was the fifth of six children born to Sooy Smith and Ann Hedges. William Sooy Smith was born in Tarlton, Ohio, on July 22, 1830. A native of Tarlton, Ohio, Brigadier General William Sooy Smith served in many of the Western Theater's important campaigns during the Civil War.

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