Benjamin Lafayette Smith, 22, Ensign & 1st Lieutenant, 43rd Mississippi Infantry
Private, wounded at Fort Donelson
Color Bearer/Sergeant, wounded June 13, 1863 at Vicksburg, Miss.
Appointed Ensign June 17, 1864
Captured at Franklin, Tennessee December 19, 1864
Resident of Columbus, Miss., fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 5’ 8”
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi