Title	Brigadier General Thomas Benton Smith
Description	Bust portrait of Brigadier General Thomas Benton Smith (1838-1923) in uniform wearing the rank of colonel.
Historical note	An officer in the 20th Tennessee Infantry, Smith fought at Mill Springs, Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Stones River, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Dalton to Jonesborough, Franklin, Nashville, and Murfreesboro. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1864, suggesting the portrait must be pre-1864. Captured at the Battle of Nashville, he suffered long-term psychological damage stemming from a beating he received following his capture. He spent the last 47 years of his life in an insane asylum in Nashville.
Collection name	Nell Savage Mahoney Papers
Subjects - LCSH	United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 Tennessee - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863 Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863
Subjects - TGM	Soldiers Military uniforms
Accession number	THS 457
Owning Institution	Tennessee Historical Society
ID#	30526
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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