23 September 1846 Brevet Colonel - 20 August 1847 Major, 1st Artillery - 25 November 1854 Lieutenant Colonel, 10th Infantry - 3 March 1855 Colonel, 3rd Infantry - 9 September 1861 Brigadier General, Volunteers - 31 August 1861 Major General, Volunteers - 21 March 1862 Died - 25 April 1862 See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References . Attribution Further reading External links Minnesota Historical Society account of the Red River expedition Military biography of Smith from the Cullum biographies 1807 births 1862 deaths Military personnel from Philadelphia United States Military Academy alumni American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Members of the Aztec Club of 1847 Union Army generals People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War Commandants of the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia) Deaths from dysentery