Title: Teacher of Civil War generals
Description: "General Charles Ferguson Smith served at the U.S. Military Academy from 1829 to 1842 as Instructor of Tactics, Adjutant to the Superintendent and Commandant of Cadets. Drawing on never before published letters and journals, this long overdue biography reveals Smith as a faithful officer, excellent disciplinarian, able commander and modest gentleman"--
Subjects: United States Military Academy, Generals, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Biography, History, United states military academy, Mexican war, 1846-1848, personal narratives, Generals, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography
Places: United States
People: Charles Ferguson Smith (1807-1862)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865