Alfred Smith, who was a private in the 47th Wisconsin Infantry, died on April 4, 1938.

Smith is buried at Crandon Lakeside Cemetery in Crandon, and already was living in that small town in the 1895 and 1905 Wisconsin veterans censuses, which are available online.

Those censuses said he served in Company C. He is not on that company's roster under the name of Alfred, but soldiers sometimes served under false first and / or last names.

According to his page at Find a Grave, he died at Waukesha at age 89.

The 47th Wisconsin was organized at Madison and mustered in on Feb. 27, 1865. It was ordered to Louisville, Ky., then to Nashville, Tenn., and Tullahoma, Tenn.

It first was was attached to the 2nd Brigade, Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Department of the Cumberland, to April 1865. Then it was in the 2nd Brigade, 1st Sub-District, District Middle Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to September 1865.

The 47th's service consisted of railroad guard duty at Tullahoma and middle Tennessee. It was mustered out Sept. 4, 1865.

It lost 39 members from disease.

Researched and submitted by Tom Mueller, PCC and Department GRO

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2022