Smith D. Atkins
Union Army general
Died when: 76 years 291 days (921 months)Star Sign: Gemini

Smith Dykins Atkins (June 9, 1836 – March 27, 1913) was an American newspaper editor, lawyer, and a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War, who temporarily commanded brigades of infantry and cavalry and who was awarded the brevet grades of brigadier general and major general of Volunteers.
After hostilities ended he returned to his editorial work and became an author.
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