Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith

In this program sponsored by the Lancaster Civil War Round Table, Scott Mingus, Sr. will talk about his book, “Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith: From Virginia’s Statehouse to Gettysburg Scapegoat.” Well past military age, he is in his mid-sixties; “Extra Billy” joins the war. However, he is a lion on the battlefield. Cool under fire, fearless, with a huge amount of common sense and the ability to motivate men makes him an excellent commander. He fights from Fairfax Court House to Gettysburg going from private citizen to brigadier general. Along the way, Smith is wounded several times and badly wounded at Antietam.
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