# Frederick Appleton Smith

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{{Short description|United States Army general (1849–1922)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Frederick Appleton Smith
|birth_date= {{birth date|1849|05|15}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1922|02|04|1849|05|15}}
|birth_place  =Craigville, [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), U.S.
|death_place= [New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S.
|burial_label= Place of Burial
|image= Frederick Appleton Smith circa 1913.jpg
|caption=Frederick A. Smith circa 1913
|allegiance= [United States of America](/source/United_States)
|branch= [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army)
|service_years= 1873–1913
|rank= [Brigadier general](/source/Brigadier_general_(United_States))
|battles=[Indian Wars](/source/Indian_Wars)
*[Nez Perce War](/source/Nez_Perce_War)
}}<!--Cullum nbr 2489 -->
'''Frederick Appleton Smith''' (May 15, 1849 – February 4, 1922) was an American [brigadier general](/source/Brigadier_general_(United_States)).<ref name=obit/>

==Biography==
He was born in [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) on May 15, 1849. He entered the [United States Military Academy](/source/United_States_Military_Academy) on July 1, 1869, and graduated in 1873.<ref>{{cite news |title=Uncle Sam's Generals On The Mexican Frontier |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/03/12/104858311.pdf |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=March 12, 1911 |access-date=2009-07-29 }}</ref> He then served in the [Nez Perce War](/source/Nez_Perce_War). He retired on May 15, 1913.<ref name=obit/> On January 28, 1915, he remarried at age 64, a widow, Mrs. Hevenor, the former Emma Mandeville.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gen. F. A. Smith Marries |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/01/28/100135382.pdf |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=January 28, 1915 |access-date=2009-07-29 }}</ref>

He died on February 4, 1922, and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Newburgh, New York.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Brig. Gen. F. A. Smith Dies |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/02/05/98978537.pdf |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=February 5, 1922 |accessdate=2009-07-29 }}</ref>

==Publications==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=IlWDPQAACAAJ Personal experiences and observations during campaign in Cuba] (1899)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=kmkDAAAAYAAJ Infantry drill regulations, United States Army] (1904)

==References==
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