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Colonel Charles Ross Smith

Colonel Charles Ross Smith

Male 1829 - 1897  (68 years)

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  • Name Charles Ross Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Title Colonel 
    Born 06 May 1829  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Civil War March - July 1862  Rappahannock River, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against the Confederate States Army in Northern Virginia, intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. McClellan was initially successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of the more aggressive General Robert E. Lee turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a humiliating Union defeat.

    McClellan landed his army at Fort Monroe and moved northwest, up the Virginia Peninsula. Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Magruder's defensive position on the Warwick Line caught McClellan by surprise. His hopes for a quick advance foiled, McClellan ordered his army to prepare for a siege of Yorktown. Just before the siege preparations were completed, the Confederates, now under the direct command of Johnston, began a withdrawal toward Richmond. The first heavy fighting of the campaign occurred in the Battle of Williamsburg, in which the Union troops managed some tactical victories, but the Confederates continued their withdrawal. An amphibious flanking movement to Eltham's Landing was ineffective in cutting off the Confederate retreat. In the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, an attempt by the U.S. Navy to reach Richmond by way of the James River was repulsed.

    As McClellan's army reached the outskirts of Richmond, a minor battle occurred at Hanover Court House, but it was followed by a surprise attack by Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks. The battle was inconclusive, with heavy casualties, but it had lasting effects on the campaign. Johnston was wounded by a Union artillery shell fragment on May 31 and replaced the next day by the more aggressive Robert E. Lee, who reorganized his army and prepared for offensive action in the final battles of June 25 to July 1, which are popularly known as the Seven Days Battles.  
    Civil War Dec 1862  Fredericksburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside, as part of the American Civil War. The Union Army's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city are remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the war, with Union casualties more than three times as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates. A visitor to the battlefield described the battle to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as a "butchery."[14]

    Burnside's plan was to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in mid-November and race to the Confederate capital of Richmond before Lee's army could stop him. Bureaucratic delays prevented Burnside from receiving the necessary pontoon bridges in time and Lee moved his army to block the crossings. When the Union army was finally able to build its bridges and cross under fire, urban combat in the city resulted on December 11–12. Union troops prepared to assault Confederate defensive positions south of the city and on a strongly fortified ridge just west of the city known as Marye's Heights.

    On December 13, the "grand division" of Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin was able to pierce the first defensive line of Confederate Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson to the south, but was finally repulsed. Burnside ordered the grand divisions of Maj. Gens. Edwin V. Sumner and Joseph Hooker to make multiple frontal assaults against Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's position on Marye's Heights, all of which were repulsed with heavy losses. On December 15, Burnside withdrew his army, ending another failed Union campaign in the Eastern Theater.  
    Civil War Apr 1863  Falmouth, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Stoneman's raid was a cavalry operation led by General George Stoneman that preceded the start of the Battle of Chancellorsville in the American Civil War.
    Strategy
    General George Stoneman

    In April 1863, Major General Joseph Hooker put his army in motion to force Lee out of his Fredericksburg positions. He sent Major General George Stoneman's 10,000-strong cavalry to move between Lee and the Confederate capital, Richmond. Hooker expected Stoneman to sever Lee's line of supply by destroying the strategically vital Orange and Alexandria Railroad at the town of Gordonsville. This would, Hooker hoped, compel Lee to withdraw from Fredericksburg while cutting him off from supplies and transportation. Hooker also saw to it that John Buford was given an active field command and rode to battle in April 1863 with the Reserve Brigade, an organization that contained the majority of the Regular Army cavalry units serving in the east.  
    Civil War 9 Jun 1863  Brandy Station, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Battle of Brandy Station, also called the Battle of Fleetwood Hill, was the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the American Civil War, as well as the largest ever to take place on American soil.[3] It was fought on June 9, 1863, around Brandy Station, Virginia, at the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign by the Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton against Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry.

    Pleasonton launched a surprise dawn attack on Stuart's cavalry at Brandy Station. After an all-day fight in which fortunes changed repeatedly, the Federals retired without discovering Gen. Robert E. Lee's infantry camped near Culpeper. This battle marked the end of the Confederate cavalry's dominance in the East. From this point in the war, the Federal cavalry gained strength and confidence.  
    Civil War 28 May 1864  Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Battle of Haw's Shop[4] or Enon Church was fought on May 28, 1864, in Hanover County, Virginia, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.

    Grant abandoned the stalemate following the Battle of North Anna (May 23–26) by once again swinging widely around Lee's right flank, using the Pamunkey River to screen his movements to the southwest. Lee's army moved directly south and took up positions on the southern bank of Totopotomoy Creek. The Confederate general sent a cavalry force under Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton to collect intelligence about Grant's next moves. On May 28, Hampton's troopers encountered Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg. Fighting predominately dismounted and utilizing earthworks for protection, neither side achieved an advantage. Gregg was reinforced by two brigades of Brig. Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert's division, and the brigade under Brig. Gen. George A. Custer launched a spirited attack just as Hampton was ordering his men to withdraw.

    The seven-hour battle was inconclusive, but it was the second significant cavalry engagement of the Overland Campaign and one of the bloodiest of the war. Both sides claimed victory. Union Cavalry Corps commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan bragged that his men had driven Hampton from the field and demonstrated the superiority of the Union cavalry. But Hampton had held up the Union cavalry for seven hours, prevented it from achieving its reconnaissance objectives, and had provided valuable intelligence to General Lee about disposition of Grant's army.  
    Civil War 11 Jun 1864  Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Battle of Trevilian Station (also called Trevilians) was fought on June 11–12, 1864, in Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan fought against Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee in the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the war.

    Sheridan's objectives for his raid were to destroy stretches of the Virginia Central Railroad, provide a diversion that would occupy Confederate cavalry from understanding Grant's planned crossing of the James River, and to link up with the army of Maj. Gen. David Hunter at Charlottesville. Hampton's cavalry beat Sheridan to the railroad at Trevilian Station and on June 11 they fought to a standstill. Brig. Gen. George A. Custer entered the Confederate rear area and captured Hampton's supply train, but soon became surrounded and fought desperately to avoid destruction.

    On June 12, the cavalry forces clashed again to the northwest of Trevilian Station, and seven assaults by Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert's Union division were repulsed with heavy losses. Sheridan withdrew his force to rejoin Grant's army. The battle was a tactical victory for the Confederates and Sheridan failed to achieve his goal of permanently destroying the Virginia Central Railroad or of linking up with Hunter. Its distraction, however, may have contributed to Grant's successful crossing of the James River.  
    Died 09 Nov 1897  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
    • Age: 68
    Buried 12 Nov 1897  Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6, 8
    • Age: 68
    Person ID I893  Clark-Hart
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2020 

    Father John Correy Smith,   b. 31 Oct 1784, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1845, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Matilda Wyckoff,   b. 31 Mar 1792, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1848, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 16 Dec 1812  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine Burr,   b. Abt 1840, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Sep 1902, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1861 
    Children 
     1. Charles Ross Smith, Jr.,   b. 11 Aug 1872, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 May 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     2. Henry Hudson Smith,   b. 16 Sep 1869, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jul 1911, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    +3. Mabel Chatham Smith,   b. 27 Sep 1867,   d. 21 Jan 1900, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2017 
    Family ID F328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 06 May 1829 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCivil War - The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against the Confederate States Army in Northern Virginia, intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. McClellan was initially successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of the more aggressive General Robert E. Lee turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a humiliating Union defeat. McClellan landed his army at Fort Monroe and moved northwest, up the Virginia Peninsula. Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Magruder's defensive position on the Warwick Line caught McClellan by surprise. His hopes for a quick advance foiled, McClellan ordered his army to prepare for a siege of Yorktown. Just before the siege preparations were completed, the Confederates, now under the direct command of Johnston, began a withdrawal toward Richmond. The first heavy fighting of the campaign occurred in the Battle of Williamsburg, in which the Union troops managed some tactical victories, but the Confederates continued their withdrawal. An amphibious flanking movement to Eltham's Landing was ineffective in cutting off the Confederate retreat. In the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, an attempt by the U.S. Navy to reach Richmond by way of the James River was repulsed. As McClellan's army reached the outskirts of Richmond, a minor battle occurred at Hanover Court House, but it was followed by a surprise attack by Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks. The battle was inconclusive, with heavy casualties, but it had lasting effects on the campaign. Johnston was wounded by a Union artillery shell fragment on May 31 and replaced the next day by the more aggressive Robert E. Lee, who reorganized his army and prepared for offensive action in the final battles of June 25 to July 1, which are popularly known as the Seven Days Battles. - March - July 1862 - Rappahannock River, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCivil War - The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside, as part of the American Civil War. The Union Army's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city are remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the war, with Union casualties more than three times as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates. A visitor to the battlefield described the battle to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as a "butchery."[14] Burnside's plan was to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in mid-November and race to the Confederate capital of Richmond before Lee's army could stop him. Bureaucratic delays prevented Burnside from receiving the necessary pontoon bridges in time and Lee moved his army to block the crossings. When the Union army was finally able to build its bridges and cross under fire, urban combat in the city resulted on December 11–12. Union troops prepared to assault Confederate defensive positions south of the city and on a strongly fortified ridge just west of the city known as Marye's Heights. On December 13, the "grand division" of Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin was able to pierce the first defensive line of Confederate Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson to the south, but was finally repulsed. Burnside ordered the grand divisions of Maj. Gens. Edwin V. Sumner and Joseph Hooker to make multiple frontal assaults against Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's position on Marye's Heights, all of which were repulsed with heavy losses. On December 15, Burnside withdrew his army, ending another failed Union campaign in the Eastern Theater. - Dec 1862 - Fredericksburg, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCivil War - Stoneman's raid was a cavalry operation led by General George Stoneman that preceded the start of the Battle of Chancellorsville in the American Civil War. Strategy General George Stoneman In April 1863, Major General Joseph Hooker put his army in motion to force Lee out of his Fredericksburg positions. He sent Major General George Stoneman's 10,000-strong cavalry to move between Lee and the Confederate capital, Richmond. Hooker expected Stoneman to sever Lee's line of supply by destroying the strategically vital Orange and Alexandria Railroad at the town of Gordonsville. This would, Hooker hoped, compel Lee to withdraw from Fredericksburg while cutting him off from supplies and transportation. Hooker also saw to it that John Buford was given an active field command and rode to battle in April 1863 with the Reserve Brigade, an organization that contained the majority of the Regular Army cavalry units serving in the east. - Apr 1863 - Falmouth, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCivil War - The Battle of Brandy Station, also called the Battle of Fleetwood Hill, was the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the American Civil War, as well as the largest ever to take place on American soil.[3] It was fought on June 9, 1863, around Brandy Station, Virginia, at the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign by the Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton against Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry. Pleasonton launched a surprise dawn attack on Stuart's cavalry at Brandy Station. After an all-day fight in which fortunes changed repeatedly, the Federals retired without discovering Gen. Robert E. Lee's infantry camped near Culpeper. This battle marked the end of the Confederate cavalry's dominance in the East. From this point in the war, the Federal cavalry gained strength and confidence. - 9 Jun 1863 - Brandy Station, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCivil War - The Battle of Haw's Shop[4] or Enon Church was fought on May 28, 1864, in Hanover County, Virginia, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. Grant abandoned the stalemate following the Battle of North Anna (May 23–26) by once again swinging widely around Lee's right flank, using the Pamunkey River to screen his movements to the southwest. Lee's army moved directly south and took up positions on the southern bank of Totopotomoy Creek. The Confederate general sent a cavalry force under Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton to collect intelligence about Grant's next moves. On May 28, Hampton's troopers encountered Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg. Fighting predominately dismounted and utilizing earthworks for protection, neither side achieved an advantage. Gregg was reinforced by two brigades of Brig. Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert's division, and the brigade under Brig. Gen. George A. Custer launched a spirited attack just as Hampton was ordering his men to withdraw. The seven-hour battle was inconclusive, but it was the second significant cavalry engagement of the Overland Campaign and one of the bloodiest of the war. Both sides claimed victory. Union Cavalry Corps commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan bragged that his men had driven Hampton from the field and demonstrated the superiority of the Union cavalry. But Hampton had held up the Union cavalry for seven hours, prevented it from achieving its reconnaissance objectives, and had provided valuable intelligence to General Lee about disposition of Grant's army. - 28 May 1864 - Hanover County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCivil War - The Battle of Trevilian Station (also called Trevilians) was fought on June 11–12, 1864, in Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan fought against Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee in the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the war. Sheridan's objectives for his raid were to destroy stretches of the Virginia Central Railroad, provide a diversion that would occupy Confederate cavalry from understanding Grant's planned crossing of the James River, and to link up with the army of Maj. Gen. David Hunter at Charlottesville. Hampton's cavalry beat Sheridan to the railroad at Trevilian Station and on June 11 they fought to a standstill. Brig. Gen. George A. Custer entered the Confederate rear area and captured Hampton's supply train, but soon became surrounded and fought desperately to avoid destruction. On June 12, the cavalry forces clashed again to the northwest of Trevilian Station, and seven assaults by Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert's Union division were repulsed with heavy losses. Sheridan withdrew his force to rejoin Grant's army. The battle was a tactical victory for the Confederates and Sheridan failed to achieve his goal of permanently destroying the Virginia Central Railroad or of linking up with Hunter. Its distraction, however, may have contributed to Grant's successful crossing of the James River. - 11 Jun 1864 - Louisa County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 09 Nov 1897 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 12 Nov 1897 - Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    C Ross Smith - Civil War
    C Ross Smith - Civil War
    Cropped from a larger 1863 photo at Falmouth, VA with General Stoneman
    1863 - Falmouth-Virginia - General George-Stoneman and staff - C Ross Smith from 6th PA Cavalry standing second from right.jpg
    1863 - Falmouth-Virginia - General George-Stoneman and staff - C Ross Smith from 6th PA Cavalry standing second from right.jpg
    1863 - Falmouth-Virginia - General George-Stoneman and staff - C Ross Smith from 6th PA Cavalry standing second from right.jpg
    thumb_1864 Sep 18  - Special Orders - C Ross Smith Relieved of duties as Provost Marshall and mustered out.PNG
    thumb_1864 Sep 18 - Special Orders - C Ross Smith Relieved of duties as Provost Marshall and mustered out.PNG
    thumb_1864 Sep 18 - Special Orders - C Ross Smith Relieved of duties as Provost Marshall and mustered out.PNG
    Service record of C Ross Smith and picture (antietam.aotw.org).PNG
    Service record of C Ross Smith and picture (antietam.aotw.org).PNG
    Service record of C Ross Smith and picture (antietam.aotw.org).PNG
    6thPA Cavalry-Camp Barcly. Meridan Hill, DC
    6thPA Cavalry-Camp Barcly. Meridan Hill, DC
    6thPA Cavalry-Camp Barcly. Meridan Hill, DC
    6thPennsylvania-GettysburgMonument
    6thPennsylvania-GettysburgMonument
    Monument to the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry -Gettysburg Battlefield
    C Ross Smith - headshot
    C Ross Smith - headshot
    C Ross Smith - image from Antietam Website
    General Alfred Pleasonton and Staff, Warrenton, VA 1863
    General Alfred Pleasonton and Staff, Warrenton, VA 1863
    C Ross Smith, Chief of Staff, seated immediately to the general's left.
    Sheridan and staff 1864
    Sheridan and staff 1864
    C Ross Smith standing immediately behind the General ... more information about this image is at https://shenandoah1864.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/the-staff-of-maj-gen-philip-h-sheridan/
    Colonel C Ross Smith
    Colonel C Ross Smith
    Philadelphia - late 1800's
    1897 - Col C Ross Smith returns to work
    1897 - Col C Ross Smith returns to work
    Philadelphia Inquirer 17 Sep 1897
    Memoirs of P H Sheridan
    Memoirs of P H Sheridan
    Book cover
    General Phillip Sheridan
    General Phillip Sheridan
    Served under Sheridan
    civil War - Battle of Haws Shop
    civil War - Battle of Haws Shop
    Major cavalry battle under Sheridan
    1859-C-Ross-Smith
    1859-C-Ross-Smith
    Philadelphia, PA
    1897 - Obituary of C Ross Smith
    1897 - Obituary of C Ross Smith
    Philadelphia, PA
    1897 - Obituary of C Ross Smith
    1897 - Obituary of C Ross Smith
    Indianapolis News 10 Nov 1897 page 1 - died of cancer
    1885 - Became Secretary of Commercial Exchange
    1885 - Became Secretary of Commercial Exchange
    1897 - Board sympathies for death of Colonel C Ross Smith
    1897 - Board sympathies for death of Colonel C Ross Smith
    Philadelphia Inquirer
    Thursday, Nov 11, 1897
    Philadelphia, PA
    Vol: 137
    Issue: 134
    Page: 2
    1897 - Obituary of C Ross Smith
    1897 - Obituary of C Ross Smith
    Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Nov 1897 page 10 - died at 4PM
    1897 - C Ross Smith commercial exchange report
    1897 - C Ross Smith commercial exchange report
    Phila Inquirer 26 May 1897 page 6
    1896 - Summer Cottage in Cape May, NJ
    1896 - Summer Cottage in Cape May, NJ
    Phila Inquirer 24 May 1896
    1893 - C Ross Smith on Stockton Avenue, Cape May, NJ
    1893 - C Ross Smith on Stockton Avenue, Cape May, NJ
    Inquirer 18 Jun 1893 - page 10
    1897 - Trip to Lakewood for Easter
    1897 - Trip to Lakewood for Easter
    Inquirer 18 April 1897 pg 32
    1894 - Comments on grain prices
    1894 - Comments on grain prices
    Inquirer 30 Sep 1894 pg 4
    1895 Directory of Commercial and Maritime Associations of Philadelphia
    1895 Directory of Commercial and Maritime Associations of Philadelphia
    C Ross Smith - Secretary of Commercial Exchange (from The hand book of the lower Delaware River; ports, tides, pilots, quarantine stations, light-house service, life-saving and maritime reporting stations (Internet Archive)

    Headstones
    Find A Grave
    Find A Grave
    Woodlands Cemetery Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Plot: Section N, Lot 267

    Histories
    Service Record of Col C Ross Smith
    Service Record of Col C Ross Smith
    http://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=395
    Story of the 6th PA Cavalry in the Civil War
    Story of the 6th PA Cavalry in the Civil War
    Rush's Lancers
    C Ross Smith Record of Civil War Service
    C Ross Smith Record of Civil War Service
    From book "Annals of the 6th Pennsylvania"
    Annals of the Sixth Pennsylvania by Rev S L Gracy, chaplain of the Regiment - Complete Text
    Annals of the Sixth Pennsylvania by Rev S L Gracy, chaplain of the Regiment - Complete Text
    Annals of the Sixth Pennsylvania - Story of the 6th PA Cavalry in the Civil War (Complete Text)
    Campaigns of C Ross Smith
    Campaigns of C Ross Smith
    Form book "Colonels in Blue"
    NYT-Stoneman on the move-1862
    NYT-Stoneman on the move-1862
    General Stoneman's movements 1862
    Campaigns of the 6th PA Cavalry
    Campaigns of the 6th PA Cavalry
    From website "Civil War in the East"
    6th PA Cavalry in the Civil War
    6th PA Cavalry in the Civil War
    Rush's Lancers
    Record of orders involving C Ross Smith
    Record of orders involving C Ross Smith
    Internet Archive
    C Ross Smith Official record of orders with Cavalry Corps
    C Ross Smith Official record of orders with Cavalry Corps
    Internet Archive
    Dedication of the monument of the Sixth Penna. Cavalry 'Lancers' : on the battlefield of Gettysburg, October 14, 1888
    Dedication of the monument of the Sixth Penna. Cavalry "Lancers" : on the battlefield of Gettysburg, October 14, 1888
    From PA Digital Archives
    Book - The Memoirs of General P H Sheridan
    Book - The Memoirs of General P H Sheridan
    Project Gutenburg
    Article about the Commercial Exchange
    Article about the Commercial Exchange
    Lists Col C Ross Smith as its secretary - From book "The city of Philadelphia as it appears in the year 1894"
    Battle of Brandy Station
    Battle of Brandy Station
    American Battlefield Trust
    Cavalry Raids in the Civil War
    Cavalry Raids in the Civil War
    Essential Civil War Curriculum - www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com

  • Notes 
    • Civil War note: - Haws Shop

      On May 28, 1864, Union and Confederate forces clashed around Enon Church in one of the fiercest cavalry battles of the Civil War. The seven-hour battle, known as Haw's Shop, erupted when both sides met during reconnaissance. After a brief fight on horseback, Confederate cavalry fell back west of the church and built fortifications to withstand the Union assaults. The sides battled for several hours before General George Custer's Union brigade turned the stalemate into victory.
    • ***********************
      The Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia

      - C Ross Smith was secretary starting 1885 - was a manager in prior years..

      Organized in 1854 as the Corn Exchange, the mission of the organization was "to provide and maintain suitable accommodations for general business exchange in the City of Philadelphia; to inculcate just and equitable principles of trade; to acquire, disseminate and preserve valuable business information, and to adjust controversies and misunderstandings between members of that body." In 1867, the Corn Exchange changed its name to the Commercial Exchange.

      The Exchange, headquartered in the Bourse after the 1890s, monitored the grain trade in the city and maintained standardized scales for equitable weighing procedures. In addition, it lobbied for port improvements as well as trade and tariff legislation. Other important activities of the Exchange included raising a military company during the Civil War, and providing valuable assistance to the Food Administration during World War I in its enforcement of rules and regulations.

      *** From https://library.temple.edu/scrc/commercial-exchange


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      Record for C. Ross Smith

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      Record for Henry Hudson Smith

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      Record for John Correy Smith

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