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Confederate General Martin Luther Smith graduated from West Point in 1842. His graduating class numbered 56 and he ranked 16th. Smith was one of the few West Point graduates who were born in the North and when the US Civil War broke out he joined the Confederacy. He was an excellent engineer and built fortifications in Vicksburg and also in the Eastern Theater.

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