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Confederate General William "Extra Billy" Smith : from Virginia's statehouse to Gettysburg scapegoat
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- Creator
- Scott L. Mingus Sr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- El Dorado Hills, CA : Savas Beatie, [2013]
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781611211290, 1611211298
- OCLC
- ocn807024400
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "I never objected to the name" : Extra Billy : the early years, 1797-1842 -- "The most trying moment of my troubles ... ": the transition years, 1843-1852 -- "I believe in my soul slavery is neither a moral, social or political evil": the long road to secession, 1853-1860 -- "My military prospects were anything but flattering": Colonel Smith of the Confederacy, 1861-1862 -- "Now here's my brigade; I wish you knew them as I do": General Smith and the 1863 Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns -- "We cannot believe that our great God will allow such a just cause as ours to be lost": Governor Smith returns to Richmond, 1863-1865 -- "A stormy and, I hope, not altogether a useless life": the sunset years, 1865-1887