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