Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-06
IN OUR OWN STATE.
GEN. "BALDY" SMITH DEAD.
Native of ST. Adams Who Was a Mai.
or General Of Volunteers in the
Civil War.

or General Of Volunteers in the
Civil War.
Gen. William Farrar Smith, better
known as Badly Smith, one of the
prominent figures of the civil war died
Sunday at his home in philadelphia in
his SUth year. He was born in St Al
bans graduated from the military acad-
envy at West Point in 1871. and served
IN the corps of typographical engineers
IN different parts of the country until
The outbreak of the civil war. He then
served as mastering officer in New York
On the stan of Gen. Butler at Fort Mon
roe, and on that of Gen. Mcdowell. He
was appointed colonel of the Third YER
mont Volunteers in 1861, and took the
regiment to the field after the battle of
Bull Run and served in the defense of
Washington.
lie was appointed brigadier- general of
volunteers in August 1861 and command
ed a division of McClellans army from
March to August, 1862. being engaged in
the siege of Yorktown, the skirmish of
Lees Mills, the battles of WILLIAMSBURG
Fair oaks White Oak Swamps, Savage
Station, Glendale, and Malvern Hill.
He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel L.
S. army, June 2S, 1862 for gallant and
meritorious services in the battle of
White oak Swamp, Virginia
He was appointed major general of vol
unteers July 4, 1862. and commanded a
division in the Antietam campaign, TAX
ing part in the battles of South Noun
tain and Antietam, and was breVetted
colonel for gallantry and meritorious SER
vices in the last mentioned battle. He
commanded the sixth corps in the Rap
pahannock campaign and in the Fred
ericksburg campaign. He commanded a.
division in the department of the sSus-
quehanna, taking an active part in the
pursuit of Lees army on its retreat from
Gettysburg.
In october, 1865, he was transferred to
the West, where he in turn became chief
engineer of the department of the Cum
berand. on the staff of Gen. George II.
Thomas and of the military division of
the Mississippi. on the staff of General
Grant. He devised the plan of opera
tons by which the Army of the Cumber-
land was saved from starvation and
capture at Chattanooga. He also de-
vised the plan of operations by which
Braggs army was oVerthrown and driV-
en- back from Missionary Ridge. for
which services he was again appointed
and Cthis time confirmed as major gem
eral of volunteers, also a brevet briga-
der general, L.. S. army.
When Gen. Grant was appointed lieu
tenant general and assigned to the COM
mand of all the loyal armies he took
Gen. Smith East with him and assign
ed him to the command of the 18th army
corps, with which he took part in the
battles of Cold Harbor and the siege of
Petersburgh.
He was assigned to special duty under
the secretary of war in November, 1864,
and continued thereon till December 1865,
and finally resigned from the army in
1861 after % years continuous service.
At that time he held the rank of major
of engineers and brevet major general,
United States army
In civil life he was president of the
International Ocean Telegraph COM
pany president of the board of police
commissioners, New York, and has held
the position of government agent in
charge of a district of internal improve
ments in Delaware and Maryland.