Smith, John Eugene

Life Span
to
Full name
John Eugene Smith
Place of Birth
Switzerland
Burial Place
Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
Aimie Annette Smith (wife) 
Occupation
Other
Other Occupation
Jeweller
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
On the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg
The Union's Army of the Tennessee attempts the storming of Vicksburg but is beaten back
Second Union attempt to take Vicksburg by infantry assault ends in bloody failure with 500 dead
After twice failing to storm the city, Union General Grant orders a siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi
- In Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues
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