Smith D. Atkins

Military Person

1836 – 1913

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Who was Smith D. Atkins?

Smith Dykins Atkins was an American newspaper editor, lawyer, and a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War, who temporarily commanded brigades of infantry for two periods of time and cavalry for three periods of time and who was awarded the grades of brevet brigadier general of volunteers and brevet major general of volunteers. After hostilities ended he returned to his editorial work and became an author.

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Born
Jun 9, 1836
Horseheads
Also known as
  • Smith Atkins
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Mount Morris College
Died
Mar 27, 1913
Freeport

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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