Smith, Giles Alexander

Life Span
to
Full name
Giles Alexander Smith
Place of Birth
Jefferson County, NY
Burial Place
Bloomington, 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
Cyrus Smith (father), Laura Wales Smith (mother), Martha McLain (wife), Morgan Lewis Smith (brother)
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Military
Union Army
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
In Georgia, Sherman's direct assault on Confederate positions on Kennesaw Mountain fails with heavy losses
- Union forces break the last Confederate efforts to defend Atlanta at the Battle of Jonesborough
More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army
Vicksburg Campaign
Sherman's March
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