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Absalom Green Berry Smith (Maternal Grandfather)

1827-1914

Joined the Union army April 1, 1863 in London, Kentucky, USA. He was a private in B Company of the 1st light artillary battalion injured while in the Union army

1st Battalion Light Artillery Battery "B"

Organized at Memphis, Tenn., Nashville and Knoxville, Tenn., June 13, 1862,
to October 16, 1863.

Attached to District of Kentucky, USA, Dept. of Ohio, USA, to August, 1863. Willcox's
Division, Left Wing Forces, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, USA, to January,
1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, USA, to April, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, USA, to February,
1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, USA, to March, 1865.
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, USA, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty in Kentucky, USA until August, 1863. Action at Tripletts Bridge
June 16. Operations against Scott in Eastern Kentucky, USA July 25-August 6.
Expedition to Cumberland Gap August 17-September 7. Winter's Gap August 31.
Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Duty at Cumberland Gap until
May, 1865, and in District of East Tennessee, USA until July. Mustered out July,
1865.