Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Thomas Benton Smith (February 24, 1838 May 21, 1923) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.Smith was born in Mechanicsville, Tennessee. He attended the local schools before enrolling in the Nashville Military Academy. He received an appointment to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, but resigned and returned home. He subsequently took a position working for the Nashville & Decatur Railroad.