Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XVI, May 1908, No. 5, page xxxiii Thomas J. Smith born in Henry County, Ala. in 1835, enlisted in the artillery service C.S.A. in June 1862, and served as a member of Kolb's Battery, William's Battalion, Army of Tennessee, and was promoted for gallantry at the battle of Missionary Ridge. He served to the end, surrendering at Augusta, GA in April 1865.