Miles L. Smith
Miles L. Smith was born around 1838 in Connecticut to Lewis and Abigail Smith. His father was a farmer who owned $3,000 of real estate and $200 of personal property. He grew up and attended school in Milford, Connecticut, and by the early 1860s, he was working as a joiner in New Haven, Connecticut. He married a woman named Catherine around 1861, and their daughter Grace was born around 1866.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 10, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company K of the 10th Connecticut Infantry on October 29. The regiment took part in the siege of Charleston and the siege of Petersburg. He was promoted to corporal in July 1862 and to sergeant in November 1864. He mustered out on August 25, 1865.
 
He returned to New Haven after the war, and he worked as a carpenter. By 1870, he owned $500 of personal property. He applied for a federal pension in September 1890 and eventually received one. By 1900, he was apparently living separately from his wife. He attended regimental reunions in 1910, 1903, 1906, and 1908. By 1910, he was living at Fitch’s Home for Soldiers and Orphans in Darien, Connecticut. He died on April 18, 1911.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4762)Smith, Miles L.18381911-04-18
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 25

  • (13267) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 20 February 1862
  • (13268) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 5 March 1863
  • (13269) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 12 April 1863
  • (13270) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 13 May 1863
  • (13271) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 22 September 1863
  • (13272) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Herman L. Baldwin, 19 May 1863
  • (13273) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 4 August 1864
  • (13274) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 7 December 1864
  • (13275) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 18 December 1864
  • (13276) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 1 January 1865
  • (13277) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 5 February 1865
  • (13278) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Catherine Smith, 22 April 1862
  • (13279) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 7 January 1865
  • (13280) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 22 February 1865
  • (13281) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 12 March 1865
  • (13282) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith et al., 23 June 1865
  • (13288) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 6 July 1865
  • (13289) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 25 July 1865
  • (13292) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 17 September 1862
  • (13293) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Henry E. Smith, 23 September 1862
  • (13294) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Herman L. Baldwin, 23 June 1862
  • (13295) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 24 October 1862
  • (13296) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 22 November 1862
  • (13297) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Lewis Smith and Abigail Smith, 9 December 1862
  • (13298) [writer] ~ Miles L. Smith to Catherine Smith, 9 December 1862

People - Records: 7

  • (4762) Smith, Miles L. is the [aunt/uncle of] (4774) Baldwin, Herman L.
  • (4763) Smith, Catherine is the [wife of] (4762) Smith, Miles L.
  • (4773) Smith, Henry E. is the [sibling of] (4762) Smith, Miles L.
  • (4776) Smith, Sarah Ann is the [aunt/uncle of] (4762) Smith, Miles L.
  • (5351) Smith, Lewis is the [parent of] (4762) Smith, Miles L.
  • (5352) Smith, Mary J. is the [sibling of] (4762) Smith, Miles L.
  • (5353) Smith, Abigail is the [parent of] (4762) Smith, Miles L.

Places - Records: 1

  • (294) [birth, death] ~ Connecticut

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (155) [enlisted] [K] ~ 10th Connecticut Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Hartford (CT) Courant, 7 September 1900