N. J. Smith, 1st Lieutenant, Alabama Artillery Battalion, POW, received at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, October 20, 1864
Mount Vernon Arsenal, March 1, 1861, Sir, I have the honor to apply for a a position in the Army of the Confederate States of America. I passed three years at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. At this Academy I was instructed, theoretically and practically in Light and Heavy Infantry tactics, according to the system laid down by Hardee and Scott and in the Light Artillery Tactics and Gunnery. I now hold the commission of 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery in the Army of Alabama and since the 23rd Ult. I have been at the school for the instruction of recruits at Mount Vernon Arsenal. I am now second in command of a detachment of recruits numbering 106. I think I could serve my country to a better advantage in the Infantry than in any other Corps. I am sir, your obdt. Servt. N. J. Smith.
His Excellency, Jefferson Davis, President, etc., etc.
At Fort Morgan, Apr. 22, 1861, 2nd Lt., 1st Art.
At Fort Gaines, Aug. 7, 1861, 2nd Lt.
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Napoleon Jefferson Smith, non-graduate, U. S. Naval Academy, Class of 1861, entered 1857
Register of Alumni, U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Inc., Vol. 1 (1845-1915)
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Napoleon J. Smith, 2nd Lieutenant, Company D, 1st Regiment Alabama Artillery, stationed at Post of Fort Gaines, Ala. July, 1861, Post Treasurer, appointed 1st Lieutenant, Company B, 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery October 3, 1861, detailed November 25, 1861 to duty as Ordnance Officer at Mount Vernon Arsenal, and will report to Capt. White, on detached service November 27, 1861 as Ordnance Officer at Mt. Vernon, at Harbor Brigade Headquarters, Fort Morgan, Ala, November, 1862, admitted Post Hospital, Fort Morgan September 15, 1863, Typhoid Fever, returned to duty September 19, wounded in hand severely, amputated, at Fort Morgan, Ala. August 5, 1864, captured August 23, 1864 at Fort Morgan, admitted USA General Hospital, New Orleans, La. August 26, Amputation right arm, discharged September 30, age 23, sent to New York October 12, arrived at Fort Lafayette, NY October 20, transferred to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Mass. December 21, subscribed to the Oath of Allegiance June 12, 1865, description: resident of Marion County, Ala., dark complexion, black hair, blue eyes, 5' 7"
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama