When Freedom Cried Out
The Freedmen's Bureau in Texas

Handbook of Texas Online: SMITH, GEORGE W.

Appointed from the Army.] MILITARY HISTORY. - Private 17th U. S. Infantry, July to October, 1862. Engaged at the battle of second Bull Run, Va. Second Lieutenant 17th U. S. Infantry, October, 1862, and engaged at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va. First Lieutenant 17th U. S. Infantry, December, 1862, and engaged at the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Laurel Hill, and Spottsylvania (wounded). Regimental Quartermaster, June, 1864. At Fort Preble, Me., to October, 1865. Captain 17th U. S. Infantry, October, 1865. En route to Texas, April, 1866. Commanding post of Brenham, Tex., to March, 1866. Transferred to the 35th U. S. Infantry by the re-organization of the army. Commanding post of Seguin, Tex. On duty in the Freedmen's Bureau. Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, and Assistant Quartermaster, December, 1866, to September, 1867. Brevet Captain U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn. Brevet Major U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va. At the post

Military record of civilian appointments in the United States Army. By Guy V. Henry. Author: Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899. Publication Info: New York,: D. Van Nostrand, 1873.

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