<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Hondo Yenyika Yose yakatanga muna 1861, Smith akashanda somubatsiri womusasa kuna Gavhuna weIllinois Richard Yates. Musi waZvita 26, 1861 akagadzwa colonel we45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, aine chinzvimbo chakadzoserwa kumashure kuna Chikunguru 23, 1861 kutsiva Colonel wekare uyo akasiya basa rake rehurumende Commission apo hurumende yakapinda mubasa reFederal. Akatungamirira chikwata chake muhondo dzeFort Henry, Fort Donelson uye Shiloh. Musi waNovember 29, 1862 akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general weU.S. Volunteers. Akamboraira kwechinguva chiduku bhirigadi asati atora murairo we 8th Division, XVI Corps. Apo Ulysses S. Grant akatanga hondo yake yokupedzisira kurwisa Vicksburg, Smith akaiswa mukutungamira kwe1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XVII Corps. Akarwa muhondo dze  <response>: Port Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hill uye mukurwiswa kweVicksburg. Muna Chikumi, 1863 pakati pekukombwa kweVicksburg, Smith akasarudzwa kutsiva Gen. Isaac F. Quinby mukutungamira kwe7th Division, XVII Corps mushure mekunge Quinby arwara uye atora zororo. MunaSeptember, 1863 Smith akaendeswa kutungamira 2nd Division, XVII Corps uye chikamu chake chakatumirwa naWilliam T. Sherman kuti vabatsire mukununurwa kweChattanooga. Munguva yehondo yeMissionary Ridge, Smith akatora chikamu pakurwiswa kweConfederate kurudyi kurudyi paTunnel Hill. 