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Colonel Smith was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General
after the battle; and, having graduated at West Point among the
leading men in his class in the Corps of Engineers, and on account of
his recognized professional ability, he was, after the fall of Corinth,
detailed to reconstruct for military purposes, the Charleston and
Memphis Railroad. I conitinued to serve on his Staff until we reached
Huntsville, Alabam, and the, by order of General Buell, reported
for duty to Brigadier General Lovell H. Rousseau, commanding the
Third Division, as Acting Assistant Adjudant General, in which I
served until after the battle o f Perryville.

I reported for duty to General Lovell H. Rousseau at Hunts-
ville, Alabama, after the fall of Corinth in 1862, and remained as one
of his Staff, serving as Acting Assistant Adjudant General of his
Division until after the battle of Perryville in October, 1862, in which
I was unfortuanately taken prisoner after nightfalll in carrying orders to
the Brigade Commanders preparatory to resuming the fight the next
day. The Confederates retreated and the battle was over and active
hostilities for the time ceased until the great battle of Stone River in
December, 1862, at Mrufressboro, Tennessee, in which our army
under General Rosecranz, was confronted by the united Confederate
Army under General Bragg, a distinguished commander in the South-
ern Army.

In the battle of Perryville our command was opposed by the
forces under General Leonidas Polk, a distinguished Confederate
General, who before the war was a Bishop of an Episcopal Diocese
in one of our Southern States.

General Rousseau was a native of Kentucky, a man of fine
presence, gallant and brave, and I believe served in the Mexican War.
He was recognized as one of the most efficient and successful generals
in our army. Her survived the war, became a member of Congress
and died in New Orleans. My relationship with him as one of his
personal Staff was intimate and pleasant.

It might not be out of place in this part of my paper to relate
my experience with General Polk, to whose headquarters I was taken
as a prisoner the night after the battle. In response to an inquiry from
him, I told him I was serving on the Staff of General Rousseau, and

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Colonel Smith was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General
after the battle; and, having graduated at West Point among the
leading men in his class in the Corps of Engineers, and on account of
his recognized professional ability, he was, after the fall of Corinth,
detailed to reconstruct for military purposes, the Charleston and
Memphis Railroad. I conitinued to serve on his Staff until we reached
Huntsville, Alabam, and the, by order of General Buell, reported
for duty to Brigadier General Lovell H. Rousseau, commanding the
Third Division, as Acting Assistant Adjudant General, in which I
served until after the battle o f Perryville.

I reported for duty to General Lovell H. Rousseau at Hunts-
ville, Alabama, after the fall of Corinth in 1862, and remained as one
of his Staff, serving as Acting Assistant Adjudant General of his
Division until after the battle of Perryville in October, 1862, in which
I was unfortuanately taken prisoner after nightfalll in carrying orders to
the Brigade Commanders preparatory to resuming the fight the next
day. The Confederates retreated and the battle was over and active
hostilities for the time ceased until the great battle of Stone River in
December, 1862, at Mrufressboro, Tennessee, in which our army
under General Rosecranz, was confronted by the united Confederate
Army under General Bragg, a distinguished commander in the South-
ern Army.