1st Lt. Benjamin Lafayette Smith wounded at Fort Donelson, Tennessee prior to enlisting in the 43rd Mississippi Infantry {CS}; promoted to Ensign and color Sergeant of the regiment; wounded 6/25/1863 Vicksburg; captured Vicksburg; wounded 11/30/1864 Franklin, Tennessee, {Severe simple flesh wound to the right thigh by conical ball}; captured 12/17/1864, Franklin, Tennessee. 2/6/1865-5/6/1865 in #1 Hospital Nashville; POW 5/10/1865 Louisville, Kentucky, released wars end.
Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864: "In the charge, bearing our regimental flag, I was shot down about one hundred yards from the enemy's breastworks. My thigh was broken halfway between the knee and hip joint by a minor washer ball, which struck a loose knife blade in my right pocket breaking the knife blade into a number of pieces, the largest piece found not larger than a fingernail."
Source: Autobiography of Benjamin Lafayette Smith, " Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson, Mississippi.
Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864: "In the charge, bearing our regimental flag, I was shot down about one hundred yards from the enemy's breastworks. My thigh was broken halfway between the knee and hip joint by a minor washer ball, which struck a loose knife blade in my right pocket breaking the knife blade into a number of pieces, the largest piece found not larger than a fingernail."
Source: Autobiography of Benjamin Lafayette Smith, " Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson, Mississippi.
1st Lt. Benjamin Lafayette Smith wounded at Fort Donelson, Tennessee prior to enlisting in the 43rd Mississippi Infantry {CS}; promoted to Ensign and color Sergeant of the regiment; wounded 6/25/1863 Vicksburg; captured Vicksburg; wounded 11/30/1864 Franklin, Tennessee, {Severe simple flesh wound to the right thigh by conical ball}; captured 12/17/1864, Franklin, Tennessee. 2/6/1865-5/6/1865 in #1 Hospital Nashville; POW 5/10/1865 Louisville, Kentucky, released wars end.
Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864: "In the charge, bearing our regimental flag, I was shot down about one hundred yards from the enemy's breastworks. My thigh was broken halfway between the knee and hip joint by a minor washer ball, which struck a loose knife blade in my right pocket breaking the knife blade into a number of pieces, the largest piece found not larger than a fingernail."
Source: Autobiography of Benjamin Lafayette Smith, " Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson, Mississippi.
Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864: "In the charge, bearing our regimental flag, I was shot down about one hundred yards from the enemy's breastworks. My thigh was broken halfway between the knee and hip joint by a minor washer ball, which struck a loose knife blade in my right pocket breaking the knife blade into a number of pieces, the largest piece found not larger than a fingernail."
Source: Autobiography of Benjamin Lafayette Smith, " Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson, Mississippi.
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