CAPT. ALFRED THEOPHILUS SMITH
Civil War Union officer. An 1860 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he served during the war as a captain in then 8th United States Regular Infantry before being commissioned colonel and commander of the 156th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
He ended the war with brevets to Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular Service.
After the war, he served as Colonel of the 13th United States Infantry and was promoted to Major General on the retired list.
He died in Buffalo, New York, and was cremated there. His family erected a cenotaph for him in their family plot in Galena.
--Old Secesh
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