John Carraway Smith Explained

John Carraway Smith
Birth Date:	Abt. 1819
Death Date:	29 July 1868
Birth Place:	South Carolina, USA
Death Place:	Madison County, Florida, USA
Serviceyears:	1862 - 1865
Rank:	Colonel
Commands:	2nd Florida Cavalry Regiment
Battles:	American Civil War

Colonel John Carraway Smith (Abt. 1819 - 29 Jul, 1868) was an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Pre-war

John Carraway Smith was born in South Carolina circa 1819. He married Sarah Bellamy December 15, 1848 in Madison, FL.^[1] In 1850 he served as an attorney in Monticello, FL,^[2] and by 1860 he was a listed as a planter in Madison, FL.

Civil War

Smith was commissioned Captain of Co. I, 2nd Regiment, Florida Cavalry on March 1, 1862, and served in that post until he was promoted Colonel^[3] over the entire regiment on September 8, 1862, in Tallahassee, FL.^[4] He saw service at the Battle of Olustee^[5] and was heavily criticized for not pursuing the Union Army after the battle.^[6] Even so, he continued to serve until he was paroled in Baldwin, FL May 17, 1865.

Post-war

Smith only lived three years after the war ended, dying on July 29, 1868.

References

General

• Web site: Soldier Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) . 2023-11-09 . www.nps.gov . en.
• Web site: Page 1 US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Confederate - Florida, 1861-1865 . 2023-11-09 . Fold3 . en.
• Book: 1860 United States Federal Census . Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. . 1860 . 171.
• Book: United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 . 1333–1334.
• Book: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 . Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
• Book: Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1861-1865: 1st Florida Cavalry, 1st Florida Cavalry (U.S.) . 1407, 1528 . Hartman . David W. . Coles . David J. . 1995 .

External links

• Confederate Monument Battle of Natural Bridge (March 6, 1865)

Historical Marker Database

• 19th Century Steinbeck Family Papers: John A. Steinbeck's diary, primarily during the Civil War (1859-1862)

FromthePage, Stanford University Libraries

• Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9

Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University

Notes and References

1. Book: Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982 . Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. . 2016 . Lehi, UT, USA.
2. Book: 1850 United States Federal Census . Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. . 1850 . 2B.
3. Web site: American Civil War Research Database . 2023-11-09 . civilwardata.com.
4. Book: Allardice, Bruce S. . Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register . 2008 . University of Missouri Press . 978-0-8262-6648-4 . 348–349 . en.
5. Web site: Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) . 2023-11-09 . www.nps.gov . en.
6. Web site: War of the Rebellion: Serial 065 S.C., FLA., AND ON THE GA. COAST. Chapter XLVII. eHISTORY . 2023-11-09 . ehistory.osu.edu . 0354.