Fort C. F. Smith - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort C. F. Smith - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort C. F. Smith was a bastion fort constructed in Warren County, Kentucky, between 1861 and 1865, as part of the Civil War defenses of Bowling Green, Kentucky (see Kentucky in the American Civil War). It was named in honor of General Charles Ferguson Smith, who died from a leg infection that was aggravated by dysentery on April 25, 1862. Read more on Wikipedia
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