<prompt> Feleletša polelo e latelago: Ge Ntwa ya Selegae e be e thoma ka 1861, Smith o ile a hlankela e le mothuši wa mmušiši wa Illinois e lego Richard Yates. Ka la 26 Desemere 1861 o ile a kgethwa go ba mokolonele wa 45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, ka maemo a go boela morago go la 23 Julae 1861 go tšea sebaka sa Mokolonele wa peleng yo a tlogetšego Khomišene ya gagwe ya mmušo ge mophato o tsenela tirelo ya Federal. O ile a etelela pele madira a gagwe dintweng tša Fort Henry, Fort Donelson le Shiloh. Ka November 29, 1862 o ile a hlatlošwa go ba brigadier general wa Baithapi ba U.S. O ile a laela brigade ka boripana pele a tšea taolo ya Sehlopha sa 8th, XVI Corps. Ge Ulysses S. Grant a be a thoma lesolo la gagwe la mafelelo kgahlanong le Vicksburg, Smith o ile a bewa gore a laole brigade ya pele, karolo ya boraro, XVII Corps. O ile a lwa dintweng tša  <response>: Port Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hill le ditlhaselong tša Vicksburg. Ka June, 1863 ka gare ga thibelo ya Vicksburg, Smith o ile a kgethwa go tšea sebaka sa Gen. Isaac F. Quinby ka taolong ya 7th Division, XVII Corps ka morago ga gore Quinby a babje gomme a tšea maikhutšo. Ka September, 1863 Smith o ile a fetišetšwa go laola Sehlopha sa 2nd, XVII Corps gomme sehlopha sa gagwe se ile sa romelwa le William T. Sherman go thuša go imolla Chattanooga. Nakong ya ntwa ya Missionary Ridge, Smith o ile a tšea karolo ditlhaselong kgahlanong le lehlakore la ka go le letona la Confederate kua Tunnel Hill. 