Gen. Jacob "Howling Wilderness" Smith's Civil War Service

I have been writing a lot about this man this month in my Cooter's History Thing blog.  He was not a general during the Civil War, but an officer.  After the war he continued off and on in the military and then fought in the Spanish-American War, especially during the so-called Philippine Insurrection.  What he did there earned him the nickname "Howling Wilderness" especially when he gave orders to kill all Filipino males over the age of ten after the Belangiga Massacre of American troops.  "I want no prisoners," he ordered.  He also ordered that all of the island of Samar be laid to waste.

You should read about him.

Anyway, I'll talk a little about his Civil War service here.

At his 1902 court martial, Jacob Smith said that he had been wounded in battle three times:

**  Scar on his head from a saber cut he received July 1861 in Barboursville, Virginia.

**  Since April 7, 1862, he had been carrying a Minie ball in his hip from the Battle of Shiloh.

**  Smith also had a bullet  in his body from a wound  at El Caney, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.

And, Some More.  --Old Secesh