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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 6 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
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eptember 17, 1861, to March 17, 1862; George W. Randolph, of Virginia, March 17, 1862, to November 17, 1862: Major-General Gustavus W. Smith, of Kentucky, November 17, 1862, to November 21, 1862; James A. Seddon, of Virginia, from November 21, 1862, of 1864, and in the closing months of the war around Petersburg, by Lieutenant-General John B. Gordon. Major-General Gustavus Woodson Smith (U. S.M. A. 1842) was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, January 1, 1822, and served in the Mexican War. He l March 23, 1862, when he was put at the head of the Reserves. After Johnston was wounded at Fair Oaks, May 31st, Major-General Smith, who was leading the left wing, took command of the whole army, but was stricken by illness the following day and al Fitzhugh Lee also Confederate major-generals conspicuous as commanders of armies or army corps Gustavus Woodson Smith, defender of Yorktown and Richmond. John Bankhead Magruder, defender of the Virginia Peninsula in 1861. Willi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Gustavus Woodson 1822- (search)
Smith, Gustavus Woodson 1822- Military officer; born in Scott county, Ky., Jan. 1, 1822; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico; and resigned, for the consideration of $10,000 from the Cuban fund, to join a projected expedition against Cuba, under General Quitman, in 1854. He afterwards settled in New York City, and was street commissioner there, when he joined the Confederates under Gen. Mansfield Lovell, at New Orleans. He was commissioned major-general, and after Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was wounded at Fair Oaks he took command of his army temporarily. In 1864 he commanded at Augusta, Ga., and was captured at Marion (April 20, 1865) by General Wilson. After the war he was in business in Tennessee, Kentucky, and New York City.