Battle Wounds
By his 1902 court-martial, Smith had been wounded in battle three times:
- Smith had a scar from a saber cut on the head that he had received in July 1861 in Barboursville, Virginia.
- Since April 7, 1862 he had been carrying a Minie ball from the Civil War Battle of Shiloh in his hip.
- Smith also had a bullet in his body from a wound at El Caney, Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
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