★★★ -Smith. Samuel Granville

Samuel Granville Smith:​

Born: April 15, 1835

Birthplace: Nashville Tennessee
Father: Thomas Smith 1800 – 1874
Mother: Elizabeth Anderson Robertson 1813 – 1891

Education:
Attended Western Military Institute & University of Nashville

Occupation before War:
Plantation Manager in Arkansas

Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain Company E 6th​ Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862: Major of 6th​ Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 6th​ Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Participated in Battle of Stones River Wounded in battle
1864: Captured during the Battle of Jonesboro Georgia
1864: Prisoner of War when he died from fever


Died: September 28, 1864
Place of Death: 20th​ Army Corps Hospital Atlanta Georgia
Age at time of Death: 29 years old
Cause of Death: Fever
Burial Place: Mount Olivet Cemetery Nashville Tennessee

 

[Polloco]

The Co. that he was captain of, Co. E 6th Ark., was the Dixie Grays.By May 10th of 1862 he was Colonel of the regiment.

 

[Polloco]

The fever he died of while a prisoner was of a "Remittent Fever".

 

[Luke Freet]

Govan's Brigade had quite the unlucky 1864.