A. J. Smith was most definitely NOT at Fort DeRussy on May 14, 1864. The lead Union elements of the retreat did not show up at Marksville until the evening of May 15. Some Union units arrived at the fort on the night of May 15, but that was only because Smith had become aggravated with one of his colonels and told him to go to Hell, so the colonel took his brigade and went to Fort DeRussy instead.