Martin Luther Smith

Martin Luther Smith
Born(1819-09-09)September 9, 1819
Danby, New York
DiedJuly 29, 1866(1866-07-29) (aged 46)
Savannah, Georgia
Place of burial
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Confederate States of America Confederate States of America
Service/branch United States Army
 Confederate States Army
Years of service1842–1861 (USA)
1861–1865 (CSA)
Rank Captain (USA)
Major General (CSA)
Battles/warsMexican–American War
American Civil War
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Martin Luther Smith (September 9, 1819 – July 29, 1866) was an American soldier and civil engineer, serving as a major general in the Confederate States Army. Smith was one of the few Northern-born generals to fight for the Confederacy, as he had served most of his early military career in the South with the United States Army's topographical engineers, marrying a native of Athens, Georgia. He planned and constructed the defenses of Vicksburg.

Bust of Smith by Henry Hudson Kitson at Vicksburg National Military Park, 1911