★ Smith, William Sooy

William Sooy Smith​

Born: July 22, 1830

Birthplace: Tarlton, Ohio

Father: Captain Sooy Smith 1784 – 1849

(Buried: Tarlton Cemetery, Tarlton, Ohio)​

Mother: Anna Hedges 1804 – 1858

(Buried: Tarlton Cemetery, Tarlton, Ohio)​

Wife: Josephine S. Hartwell 1857 – 1920

(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Fort Park, Illinois)​

Children:

Gerald Campbell Sooysmith 1889 – 1937​

(Buried: Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Mausoleum, Portland, Oregon)​

Education:

1853: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (6th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

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1853: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Artillery​

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1853 – 1854: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Artillery​

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1853 – 1854: Recruiter at Fort Columbus Depot New York​

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1854: Resigned from United States Army on June 19th​​

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1854: Assistant Engineer for Illinois Central Railroad​

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1854: Assistant Engineer for U.S. Government in Chicago, Illinois​

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1855 – 1856: Principal of Buffalo, New York High School​

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1857 – 1858: Civil Engineer in Buffalo, New York​

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1858 – 1861: Engineer and Secretary Trenton Locomotive & Machine​

Civil War Career:

1861: Assistant Adjutant General at Camp Dennison​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 13th​ Ohio Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Served in the Movement at Greenland Gap​

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1861: Served in the Skirmish near Sutton, Virginia

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1861: Served in the Battle of Carnifex Ferry​

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1861: Served in pursuit of Floyd out of Western Virginia​

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1862: Served in Movement on Bowling Green and Nashville​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862: Division Commander guarding triangle of railroads​

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1862: Division Commander in Movement to Louisville, Kentucky​

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1862: Division Commander at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky​

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1862: Served in the fighting on the Cumberland Gap​

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1862: Served in the march to Middle, Tennessee​

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1863: Division Commander in the Vicksburg Campaign​

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1863: Guarded the railroad from Memphis to Grand Junction​

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1863: Chief of Cavalry for Union Army, Department of Tennessee​

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1863 – 1864: Chief of Cavalry, Union Army, Military Division of Mississippi​

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1864: Suffered from Inflammatory Rheumatism​

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1864: Commander of Raid from Memphis, Tennessee to West Point, Mississippi​

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1864: Union Army Commander at the Battle of Okolona, Mississippi​

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1864: Resigned from the Union Army on July 15th​ due to rheumatism​

Occupation after War:

Civil Engineer, Contractor, and Farmer in Oak Park, Illinois​

Died: March 4, 1916

Place of Death: Medford, Oregon

Cause of Death: Pneumonia and Senility

Age at time of Death: 85 years old

Burial Place: Forest Home Cemetery, Fort Park, Illinois

 

[Pollaco]

He used the excuse for his resignation as "I'll health" but this was just several months after his losing to Forrest in a series of debacles Plus he lived for another 40 years after the war.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General William Sooy Smith! Salutes remembering General Smith on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

The original 13th Ohio Infantry Regiment was reorganized as a 3 year regiment on June 22, 1861 under the command of Smith at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio.