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MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM “EXTRA BILLY” SMITH ~ COLONEL 49th VIRGINIA INFANTRY

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5" x 7" no backmark Born: 09/06/1897 in King George County, VA Died: 05/18/1887 in Warrenton, VA Promotions Date To Rank Full/Brevet Army/Vol Comments Colonel Full Vol 49th VA Inf 01/31/63 Brig-Gen Full Vol 08/12/63 Major-Gen Full Vol Resigned 12/31/63 (elected Gov of VA) Colonel, Forty-ninth Virginia Infantry, 1861. Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., January 31, 1863. Major general, P. A. C. S., August 30, 1863. Resigned December 31, 1863, having been elected Governor of Virginia. Died at Warrenton, Virginia, May 18, 1889. Commands. Brigade composed of the Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiment, Colonel Board; Fifty-second Virginia Regiment, Colonel Harman; Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, Colonel Terrell; Thirty-first Virginia Regiment, Colonel Hoffman; and Forty-ninth Virginia Regiment, Colonel Gibson, January, 1863. At the battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, brigade composed of Thirteenth, Forty-ninth, Fifty-second, Fifty-eighth and Thirty-first Virginia Regiments, Early's Division, Army of

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5" x 7" no backmark Born: 09/06/1897 in King George County, VA Died: 05/18/1887 in Warrenton, VA Promotions Date To Rank Full/Brevet Army/Vol Comments Colonel Full Vol 49th VA Inf 01/31/63 Brig-Gen Full Vol 08/12/63 Major-Gen Full Vol Resigned 12/31/63 (elected Gov of VA) Colonel, Forty-ninth Virginia Infantry, 1861. Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., January 31, 1863. Major general, P. A. C. S., August 30, 1863. Resigned December 31, 1863, having been elected Governor of Virginia. Died at Warrenton, Virginia, May 18, 1889. Commands. Brigade composed of the Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiment, Colonel Board; Fifty-second Virginia Regiment, Colonel Harman; Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, Colonel Terrell; Thirty-first Virginia Regiment, Colonel Hoffman; and Forty-ninth Virginia Regiment, Colonel Gibson, January, 1863. At the battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, brigade composed of Thirteenth, Forty-ninth, Fifty-second, Fifty-eighth and Thirty-first Virginia Regiments, Early's Division, Army of Northern Virginia.