This whole force is utterly demoralized by victory. There seems to be neither head nor tail.

Two forts were named in his honor. Civil War
After the outbreak of the war in 1861 Smith served on recruiting duty as commander of Fort Columbus New York. As an artillery battalion commander he distinguiCharles Ferguson Smithd himself in the Mexican-American War serving under both Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott at Palo Alto Resaca de la Palma Monterrey and Churubusco.

Charles Ferguson Smith (April 24 1807 – April 25 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and as a Union General in the American Civil War.