Frederick Appleton Smith
{{short description|United States Army general}}
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|name= Frederick Appleton Smith
|birth_date= {{birth date|1849|05|15}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1922|02|04|1849|05|15}}
|birth_place= Craigville, New York, U.S.
|death_place= New York City, U.S.
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|image= Frederick Appleton Smith circa 1913.jpg
|caption=Frederick A. Smith circa 1913
|allegiance= United States of America
|branch= United States Army
|serviceyears= 1873–1913
|rank= Brigadier general
|unit=
|battles=Indian Wars
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Frederick Appleton Smith (May 15, 1849 – February 4, 1922) was a brigadier general.
Biography
He was born in New York on May 15, 1849. He entered the United States Military Academy on July 1, 1869, and graduated in 1873.{{cite news |title=Uncle Sam's Generals On The Mexican Frontier |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/03/12/104858311.pdf |work=The New York Times |date=March 12, 1911 |access-date=2009-07-29 }} He then served in the Nez Perce War. He retired on May 15, 1913. On January 28, 1915, he remarried at age 64, a widow, Mrs. Hevenor, the former Emma Mandeville.{{cite news |title=Gen. F. A. Smith Marries |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/01/28/100135382.pdf |work=The New York Times |date=January 28, 1915 |access-date=2009-07-29 }}
He died on February 4, 1922, and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Newburgh, New York.{{cite news |title=Brig. Gen. F. A. Smith Dies |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/02/05/98978537.pdf |work=The New York Times |date=February 5, 1922 |accessdate=2009-07-29 }}
Publications
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=IlWDPQAACAAJ Personal experiences and observations during campaign in Cuba] (1899)
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=kmkDAAAAYAAJ Infantry drill regulations, United States Army] (1904)