CAMP HISTORY Col. Isaac W. Smith Camp #458 Sons of Confederate Veterans
		Camp 458 was originally chartered in Portland in December of 1903. It was re-activated in January of 2003 after a meeting held at Applebee's Restaurant near the Lloyd Center in NE Portland, attended by Glen Edens, Brent Jacobs, Larry Humphrey, and Bryan Jacobs. The other charter-members of the Camp are R. Stephen Dorsey, Dr. Thompson Faller, Michael Bonham, Charles Faries, and Thomas Gilbert. All were members of the SCV Camp in Salem, Oregon, prior to the founding of our own Camp.
			Col. Isaac Williams Smith was born in Fredricksburg, Virginia in 1826. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute, Lt. Smith fought in the Mexican War in a Voltiguer Regiment. He became a surveyor and engineer after the War, but promptly enlisted in the Confederate Army when his home state was invaded by the Union. Smith was commissioned a Captain with the Engineers for the Army of Northern Virginia, in command of the pontoon service. Capt. Smith served through the entire conflict, directly involved in the defenses of Petersburg and Richmond in 1864-65, and was present at Appomattox Courthouse for the surrender. Smith headed west and surveyed Vancouver Island, mapped out the water works for the City of Tacoma, built the Locks at Oregon City, and became Portland's first Chief of Water Works being directly responsible for the Bull Run reservoir which still supplies Portland with its water today. He obtained his commission as a Colonel after the War while leading surveying expeditions through the mountains of California and the Pacific-Northwest drawing detailed maps and finding suitable passes for trains. "The Colonel", as he was commonly known, died in 1897. He is buried in a very plain grave at River View Cemetery in SW Portland Click here for the Wikipedia page on Col. Isaac W. Smith