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Subject: [IA-CIVIL-WAR] 1903 Bio of Milo Smith
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:10:08 EST

MILO SMITH was born in the State of Vermont about the year 1819. He came to
Iowa taking up his residence at Clinton. The Twenty-sixth Regiment of Iowa
Volunteers was raised in Clinton County in the summer of 1862. Milo Smith was
appointed colonel and remained in command until near the close of the war,
making an excellent officer. He resigned the command in January, 1865, and
returned to private life and was soon after appointed General Superintendent of the
Des Moines Valley Railroad which position he held many years.



Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

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