Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-15

Another "Veteran" Soldier and Farmer.
Way down in the southeast part of Bur-
leigh county in Teller township, near the
Emmons county line, among the rolling
hills, is a cabin home surrounded by wheat,
corn, millet and a garden. Everything
about the place shows that the bump
OF order is large in The 6ruling spirit.
1t is the home of Frank D. Smith, his wife,
daughter and two sons. He settled on
this land in 1886. He is in good spirit; has
3 horses, 8 cows, Z head of cattle and also
pigs and fowls. His wheat is ready to cut
and will yield fifteen to eighteen bushels
per acre. If we have a citizen in the
county competent to decide what a good
country and desirable location is, it is this
plain every day farmer. He has
been an active man, has travelled much,
and has a history to be proud OF. His
father was a contractor and built the locks
OF the Erie canal, in Erie county, Penn,
and there Frank was born in 1888. The
family moved to Erie county, New York,
and there two brothers, S. G.. Smith and
George, we've born. There father was a
radical anti-slavery man and a warm
liCllu lllu alNCll GuppOltt VI NcllcJ
Smith, and named his second son Sidney
Gerret Smith. The sons followed the eX-
ample Of their father II became
ardent advocates of freedom. The father
died while the boys and two sisters were
very young. Frank, being the Oldest, be-
came the mainstay to the mother, who
gathered the family together and moved to
Wisconsin,. S. &. went to live with an
uncle and the rest of the family settled
near Hudson, Wis. At the breaking out
of the war Frank enlisted under the first
call for $4,000 three months troops, joining
the Hudson city guards. They did not get
into active duty and Frank re-enlisted for
three years. joining the Fourth regiment
Wisconsin infantry, Colonel Barstow of
Milwaukee. They were ordered to Baton
Rouge, La. While here Frank was taken
with southern fever and was sent home to
die. But he recovered, and Oh the 10Th of
December, 1863, he enlisted in company D.,
This time it was "a go" His regiment
was sent to Eola, Mo, and served with
General Steele. They were under the i'm
mediate command of Gen. &C. Washburn.
They were in the Prairie battle. Here
Frank received a gunshot wound. They
were at Memphis and on the General
Greirson raid against Joe johnson, and
were in the battle of Germantown, Tenn.
They returned to Memphis and were sent
to Texas with several thousand cavalry
troops after Kirby Smith, who was retreat
ing toward Mexico with a portion of the
confederate forces. This was in the sum-
mer OF 1865. On this expedition Col. WIN.
Thompson of Burleigh county was the
commanding officer. Frank remembers
seeing odd Tompy,' as the boys called
him. They went to Sabine Pass, to Hemp
stead and to Austin, the capital of Texas,
late in the fall. On November Is, 1865,
after the union troops had nearly all been
at home three months, the Second Wiscon-
sin cavalry We're ordered to Madison, Wis,
and were discharged December Is, 1865.
younger brothers. s.. G. served three years.
He enlisted as a private and returned cap
tain. George served in the Fifty-f1rst Wis
consin. These are the plain, dry facts in
regard to a private soldier-citizen of Bur-
leigh county. Ii the reader will refer to
the history of the army movements during
the wal he will find that Frank D. Smith
saw arduous, active service. j.. F. w.