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Martin Luther Smith

Confederate Army general

Died when: 46 years 323 days (562 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Martin Luther Smith

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.


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