William Sooy Smith
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 108 years ago |
Date of birth | July 22,1830 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Tarlton |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Date of died | March 4,1916 |
Died | Medford |
Oregon | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois, United States |
Projects | FEDERAL BUILDING |
Battles and wars | American Civil War |
Battle of Shiloh | |
Battle of Perryville | |
Vicksburg campaign | |
Battle of Okolona | |
Battleswar | American Civil War |
Battle of Shiloh | |
Battle of Perryville | |
Vicksburg Campaign | |
Battle of Okolona | |
Education | United States Military Academy West Point Admissions Office |
Ohio University | |
United States Military Academy | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1097380 |
William Sooy Smith Life story
William Sooy Smith was a West Point graduate and career civil engineer who became a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In civilian life, he was a renowned engineer involved in bridge construction that included the building of the first large all steel bridge in the world.