sentences:  He was promoted to Captain and commander of the regiment's Company K. The regiment took part in action in Virginia and North Carolina, including the Second Battle of Fort Fisher and he served until after the war, receiving his discharge in August 1865.Smart was a newspaper writer and editor, and became publisher of the Washington County Post.He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875).