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LEADER: 01956cam a2200349 i 4500
001 2013002734
003 DLC
005 20140717082823.0
008 130207s2013 caua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2013002734
020 $a9781611211290
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050 00 $aF230.S74$bM56 2013
082 00 $a975.5/03092$aB$223
100 1 $aMingus, Scott L.
245 10 $aConfederate General William "Extra Billy" Smith :$bfrom Virginia's statehouse to Gettysburg scapegoat /$cScott L. Mingus Sr.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aEl Dorado Hills, CA :$bSavas Beatie,$c2013.
300 $axiii, 418 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 403-409) and index.
505 0 $a"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.
600 10 $aSmith, William,$d1797-1887.
650 0 $aGovernors$zVirginia$vBiography.
650 0 $aGenerals$zConfederate States of America$vBiography.
650 0 $aGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
651 0 $aVirginia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aVirginia$xPolitics and government$y1775-1865.