★ ★  Smith, Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson “Whiskey” Smith

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Born: April 28, 1815

Birthplace: Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Father: Brig. General Samuel Smith 1749 – 1835
(Buried: Thompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, Pennsylvania)​

Mother: Ann Lacey Wilkinson 1776 – 1842
(Buried: Thompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, Pennsylvania)​

Wife: Ann Mason Simpson 1819 – 1900
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​

Married: October 17, 1844 in Saint Louis Missouri

Children:

Anna Smith Unknown – 1850​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri)​
Robert S. Smith 1852 – 1862​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri)​
William Beaumont Smith 1860 – 1901​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​

Education:

1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (36th in class)​
1838 – 1839: Attended Cavalry School of Practice​

Occupation before War:

1838 – 1845: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Dragoons​
1839 – 1840: Recruiter for United States Army​
1840 – 1841: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​
1841: Frontier Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri​
1841 – 1845: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​
1845 – 1847: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Dragoons​
1847 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, 1st Dragoons​
1849 – 1853: Recruiter for United States Army​
1853: Served in the Rogue River Expedition​
1855: Served in the Skirmish at Cow Creek, Oregon​
1857 – 1858: Member of Oregon War Claims Commission​
1858 – 1859: Frontier Duty at Walla Walla, Washington​
1859 – 1860: Frontier Duty at Fort Vancouver, Washington​
1860: Served in the Skirmishes near Harney Lake​
1860: Served in the Skirmishes near Owyhee River​
1860 – 1861: Frontier Duty at Fort Walla Walla, Washington​
1861: Served on the March to Nez Perce Agency​

Civil War Career:

1861: Major United States Army, 1st Dragoons​
1861 – 1864: Major, United States Army, 1st Cavalry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 2nd California, Cavalry Regiment​
1862: Chief of Cavalry for Union Army, Department of the Missouri​
1862: Chief of Cavalry for Union Army, Department of the Mississippi​
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1862: Division Commander during the Kentucky Campaign​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi​
1863: Served in the Capture of Arkansas Post in Arkansas​
1863: Served in the Capture of Jackson, Mississippi​
1864: Division Commander in the Army of the Tennessee​
1864: Served in the Capture of Fort De Russy​
1864: Served in the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana​
1864: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana​
1864 – 1866: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 5th​ Cavalry Regiment​
1864: Covered the retreat of Major General Nathaniel Bank’s Army​
1864 – 1866: Major General of Union Army Volunteers​
1864: Served in the Expedition from Memphis, Tennessee to Holly Springs, Arkansas​
1864: Served in the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee​
1865: Commander of 16th Army Corps in the Union Army​
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General for Gallantry at Battle of Tupelo​
1865: Served in Siege of Spanish Fort in Mobile, Alabama Campaign​
1865: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry at Battle of Nashville​
1865: District Commander in Montgomery, Alabama​
1865 – 1866: Commander of District of Western, Louisiana​
1866: Mustered out of Volunteer Service with Union Army January 15​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1866: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 5th Cavalry Regiment​
1866: Member of Board for Recommendations for Brevet Promotions​
1866 – 1869: Colonel United States Army, 7th Cavalry Regiment​
1866 – 1867: Commander of District of Upper, Arkansas​
1867 – 1868: Commander of U.S. Army Department of the Missouri​
1869: Resigned from United States Army on May 6th
1869 – 1897: United States Postmaster for Saint Louis, Missouri​
1889 – 1897: Colonel of U.S. Army Cavalry on retired list​

Died: January 28, 1897

Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri

Cause of Death: Cerebral apoplexy

Age at time of Death: 82 years old

Burial Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
 
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According to David D. Porter, he carried a bottle with him in a holster. Of course, that's per David D. Porter, so treat with a large dose of salt.

Frankly, if I lived back then, I would have (and as you know, I don't or I'd have used it on the return trip from Greenwood)
 
I give this Man all my highest praise and regards! His actions here in Louisiana alone makes him dear to me. He had a remarkable counterattack with his division at Pleasant Hill that completely shattered the entire Confederate Army of Richard Taylor. Those rebels did not stop running for about 12 miles before they realized that A.J. Smith was not behind them any more. Richard Taylor made another mistake of tangling again with A.J. Smith at THE BATTLE OF YELLOW BAYOU near Simmesport, LA where Banks Army was assemble and passing over the very large river as they were closing down the Red River Campaign. Taylor attack with his entire remains of his Army with again A.J. Smith launched another terrible counterattack which again shattered Taylor's army completely. I am very disappointed that the BATTLE OF YELLOW BAYOU is not properly cited in the thread but replaced by "covered the retreat" of Bank's Army. Please allow this post to respectfully add this battle in which around 1,000 Americans were shot down in severe combat. Thanks for his citation.
 
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