"Name: John Frederick Smith
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1847
Birth Place: Ithaca
Father: John Smith
Mother: Matilda Blain
Residence Place: Ithaca, New York
Enlistment Date: 24 Dec 1863
Enlistment Location: Ithaca, Tompkins, New York
Regiment: 26th United States Colored Troops
Company: B
Rank:  Private
Race: Colored (Black)
Marital Status:  Single
Occupation: Laborer
Discharged with his Regt. Aug. 28, 1865. Still living. P.O. Address. Ithaca, N.Y."

John Frederick Smith in the New York, U.S., Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865, Ancestry.com