Lanson T. Smith (abt. 1843 - 1865)

Born about 1843 in North Carolina, United States

Died 22 Feb 1865 at about age 22 in Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Katie Goodwin [send private message]

Biography

This profile is part of the Smith Name Study.

Lanson Smith was born in North Carolina

Lanson Smith served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA

Lanson Smith was a POW in Camp Chase during The United States Civil War.

Lanson Smith Died while a Prisoner of War in Camp Chase during The United States Civil War.

Lanson was born around 1843 in North Carolina to parents Noah Smith and Susannah Mull.^[1][2] Lanson and his family also lived in Tennessee^[1], then Alabama^[2], and based on the birthplaces of his siblings, perhaps Georgia.

Lanson enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company H, 21st Regiment, Georgia Infantry^[3] on March 4, 1862. He was captured March 18, 1864 on Sand Mountain, Georgia.^[4]

He died at Camp Chase Confederate Prison in Columbus, Ohio on February 22, 1865^[5][6] and is buried at the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery.^[7][4]

Research Notes

I have been unable to find sources for the following claims:

• Physical description on 23 February 1864: resident of Cherokee County, Alabama; 5 feet & 6.5 inches tall, fair complexion, dark hair, and hazel eyes.
• Enlisted in Rising Fawn, Dade, Georgia?
• Mustered July 2, 1861?
• Imprisoned at Camp Chase Confederate Prison in Columbus, Ohio on 14 April 1864. ?
• Died of vareola (smallpox)

-Collins-17962 07:25, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDY-JPR : 12 April 2016), Lanson T Smith in household of Noah Smith, Polk county, Polk, Tennessee, United States; citing family 913, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD5-GNG : 13 December 2017), Lyton T Smith in entry for Noah D Smith, 1860.
3. ↑ CSA Record Card: "Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations , 1903 - 1927", database with images, The National Archives and Records Administration (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76214782 : 22 Jan 2019), Smith, Lanson T - 21st Infantry; citing Confederate Soldiers from the State of Georgia, NARA microfilm publication M266, Roll 338.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Military Records: Lillian Henderson, compiler, Roster of the Confederate soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865 (Hapeville, Georgia: Longina & Porter, 1959-1964), page 917, digital images, HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89059402289?urlappend=%3Bseq=933 : accessed 23 January 2019).
5. ↑ Death: "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North, 1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-YK3G : 16 March 2018), Lanson T Smith, 22 Feb 1865; citing Death, Camp Chase, Franklin, Ohio, United States, p. 134, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
6. ↑ Death: "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F68K-LTL : 11 February 2018), Lanson T. Smith, 1865; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 182,778.
7. ↑ Burial: "U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 2590 #1547963: 22 Jan 2019), Lanson T. Smith, 22 Feb 1865, Camp Chase Confederate National Cemetery; citing Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #55418130 for Lanson T. Smith
• FamilySearch profile for Lanson T. Smith