CS Con Smith, Robert Hardy Jr. - C.S. Delegate, AL

Robert Hardy Smith Jr.​

Born: March 21, 1813

Birthplace: Camden County, North Carolina

Father: Robert Hardy Smith Sr. 1788 – 1841

Mother: Elizabeth Gregory 1786 – 1856

1st​ Wife: Evelina Belmont Inge 1819 – 1843

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)​

Married: January 12, 1839

2nd​ Wife: Emily Caroline Inge 1824 – 1846

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)​

Married: November 25, 1845

3rd​ Wife: Helen Hord Herndon 1830 – 1887

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

Married: April 9, 1850 in Greene County, Alabama

Children:

Richard Inge Smith 1841 – 1918​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

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Robert Hardy Smith III 1851 – 1894​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

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Gregory Little Smith 1853 – 1929​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

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Emma Elizabeth Smith Radcliff 1858 – 1953​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

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Harry Toulmin Smith 1863 – 1949​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

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Edward Herndon Smith 1866 – 1881

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)​

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Virginia Alabama Smith Bromberg 1874 – 1958​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)​

Political Party: Whig Party

Education:

Attended West Point Military Academy​

Occupation before War:

School Teacher in Alabama and Virginia​

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Attorney in Livingston, Alabama​

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1840: Supporter of William Henry Harrison Presidential Campaign.​

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1844: Supporter of Henry Clay Presidential Campaign.​

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1849: Alabama State Representative​

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1851: Lost a race for State Senator by one vote.​

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1853 – 1861: Attorney in Mobile, Alabama​

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1853 – 1861: Leader in his efforts to oppose secession in Alabama.​

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1860: Supporter of John Bell's Presidential Campaign.

Civil War Career:

1861: Supporter of Alabama's decision to leave the Union.​

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1861 – 1862: Alabama Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress.​

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1861 – 1862: Strong nationalist in the Alabama Delegation to Congress​

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1861: Suggested constitutional ideas too support central government.​

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1861: He suggest Provisional Congress terms should only be one year.​

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1861: Proposed to let the President accept volunteers after Fort Sumter.​

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1861 – 1862: Rejected the Produce Loan for the Central Government.​

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1862: Refused to seek election to Confederate States Congressman.​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 36th​ Alabama Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Resigned as Colonel due to bad health on March 16th​.​

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1864 – 1865: Chief agent of impressments in Alabama.​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1878: Attorney in Mobile, Alabama​

Died: March 13, 1878

Place of Death: Mobile, Alabama

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama

 

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Alabama's leaving the Union over the issue of slavery was referred to as "the negro quarrel" by Smith in a 1861 speech.

 

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The 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment saw mainly garrison duty at Mobile under Smith. After he left the unit was brigaded under Gen. Henry DeLamar Clayton in Alexander Stewart's division.