{⋆★⋆} MG Smith, William "Extra Billy"

William "Extra Billy" Smith​

Born: September 6, 1797

Birthplace: Marengo, King George County, Virginia

Father: Colonel Caleb Smith 1748 – 1814

Mother: Mary Waugh 1775 -

Wife: Elizabeth Hansbrough Bell 1800 – 1879

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

Children:

William Henry Smith 1822 – 1850​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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James Caleb Smith 1824 – 1856​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Lt. Colonel Austin E. Smith 1829 – 1862​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Lt. Colonel Peter Bell Smith 1837 – 1865​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Colonel Thomas Smith 1836 – 1918​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Captain Fred Smith​

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Mary Amelia Smith

Education:

Attended Plainfield Academy in Connecticut​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Culpeper, Virginia​

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Established and Owner of a U.S. Mail & Passenger Post Coaches line​

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1836 – 1841: Virginia State Senator​

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1841 – 1843: United States Representative from Virginia​

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1846 – 1849: Governor of Virginia​

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1850: President of California Democratic Convention​

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1853 – 1861: United States Representative from Virginia​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Colonel of 49th​ Virginia Infantry

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1861: Performed well as a commander at First Battle of Bull Run​

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1862: Confederate States Representative from Virginia​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Seven Pines​

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1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign​

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1862: Wounded three times during the Battle of Antietam​

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1863: Brigadier General of Confederate States Infantry​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1863 – 1864: Major General & Assistant Inspector General in Virginia​

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1864 – 1865: Governor of Virginia​

Occupation after War:

1865: Arrested by the Union Government​

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1865: Paroled by the Union Government​

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Farmer on his estate Monte Rosa, near Warrenton, Virginia​

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1877 – 1879: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​

Died: May 18, 1887

Place of Death: Monte Rosa, near Warrenton, Virginia

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Age at time of Death: 89 years old

Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

 

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Birthday

06 Sept 1797

William "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army), was born.

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