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Austin E Smith
b.1829
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Name Austin E Smith
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1829
Military[1] Civil War
Death[1] died from wounds received during Battle of Gaines Mill
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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 John W. Hansborough. History and Genealogy of the Hansborough - Hansbrough Family. (Name: Name: 1981, John W. Hansborough;;)
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    420. AUSTIN E. SMITH: (318 Elizabeth) Born in 1829. In 1853, he moved to San Francisco and was appointed Naval Officer of the Port by President Buchanan. He resigned in 1861, and, on going to Washingt on, D. C., to settle his accounts, was held as a prisoner of war. He was finally exchanged, and entered the Confederate Army. He served on the staff of General Whiting, and died from the result of a wound received at the battle of Gaines' Mill.