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(1821-96) Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, he graduated in the West Point class of 1842. He was brevetted for gallantry during the Mexican War for his actions at the battles of Cerro Gordo, and Contreras. He was an original member of the Aztec Club. (a military society founded in 1847 by United States Army officers who fought in the Mexican War.) He later served as an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was commissioned a major general in the Confederate Army. During the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, he commanded a wing of the Army of Northern Virginia. He served briefly in 1862 as Confederate Secretary of War, and later became an aide to General P. G. T. Beauregard. General Smith served as the superintendent of the important Etowah Iron Works in 1863-64. He then organized the Georgia state forces and fought with them with marked excellence, particularly on the Chattahoochee before the battle of Atlanta, and on the fortified lines at Savannah. He surrendered at Macon, Georgia, on April 20, 1865. G.W. Smith authored several books including; "Confederate War Papers," in 1884, "The Battle of Seven Pines," in 1891, and "Generals J. E. Johnston, and G. T. Beauregard at the Battle of Manassas, July 1861," in 1892. His final work, "Company "A," Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., 1846–48, in the Mexican War," was published in 1896, after his death. General Gustavus Woodson Smith died in New York City, on June 24, 1896, at the age of 74, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, in New London, Connecticut.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full standing view in civilian attire posing in the "pledge" position. Back mark: Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, From a Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Very fine image.