Yesterday, I was listing Confederates of note buried in Wilmington's Oakdale Cemetery and had John Baptist Smith buried there, but he was actually buried in Caswell County, North Carolina, along the Virginia state line.
I also had his middle name incorrectly spelled.
I also found an article in Wikipedia about him and will in the future have an entry about this interesting man's life.
In 1862, he invented and helped build a lantern system for naval lighting that proved very effective for blockade-runners coming and leaving Wilmington, NC.
A Very Interesting Life. --Old B-Runner
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John Baptist Smith actually is buried at Red House Presbyterian Church in Semora, Caswell County, North Carolina. See: John Baptist Smith
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