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- In 1860, at the age of 24, Thomas Jefferson Smith is found living with John Hasket and his family in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe County, Indiana. John Hasket lived next door to John Presnell which was Elizabeth Presnell's father. This is probably how Thomas Jefferson and Elizabeth met. On June 22, 1864, Thomas and Elizabeth were married by the justice of the peace John M. Sluss, in Monroe County, IN. (Source: Pam Smith, cousin) ----------- Reference A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Fredrick H. Dyer Copyright, 1908 On August 16, 1861, Thomas Jefferson Smith enrolled as a private of Company H, 18th IN Volunteers at Indianapolis, IN. They left the state for St. Louis, Mo., August 17. March to relief of Colonel Mulligan at Lexington, Mo., September. Action at Glasgow Mountain September 19. Attached to Freemont's Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to January, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May 1862. 1st Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to October 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to March 1863. 1st Brigade, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps Army of the TN, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tn, to August, 1863 and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, to August 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, Grover's Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to
August, 1865. SERVICE--Freemont's advance on Springfield, Mo., September 22-October 15, 1861. March to Otterville, Mo., November, and duty there till January, 1862. Expedition to Milford December 15-19, 1862. Action at Shawnee Mound or Milford on the Blackwater, and capture of 1,300 prisoners December 18. Advance on Springfield, Mo., January 25-February 14. Pursuit of Price to Cassville, Ark. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. At Sulphur Rock till May. March to
Batesville, thence to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 14. Duty at Helena till October. Ordered to Pilot Knob, Mo., and operations in Southeast Missouri till March 5, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., March 5, thence to Milliker's Bend, La., and duty there till April. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River Bridge May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19
and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Duty at Vicksburg till August 20. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 20. Duty at Carrol ton, Bradshear City and Berwick till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 8. Moved to New Orleans November 8, thence to TX November 12. Capture of Mustang Island November 17. Esperanza November 27-30. Duty at Mustang Island and Indianola till March, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted January 1, 1864. Near Baton
Rouge, La., March 8-May 3. Veteran furlough and duty in IN June 4 to July 16. (During this time he married Elizabeth C. Presnell) Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 16; thence to Washington, D. C., August 5. March to Shenandoah Valley August 10-19. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till January, 1865. Moved to Baltimore, Md., thence to Savannah, Ga., January 6-20. Duty there till May 3. At Augusta, Ga., till June 7. Provost duty in Southern GA till August. Mustered out August 28, 1865.
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