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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 2 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Smith, Governor of Virginia, and Major-General C. S. Army, hero and patriot. (search)
irginia of the Revolutionary period, that We must go back to Athens to find another instance of a society so small in number and yet capable of such an outburst of ability and force. Into this society, in the County of King George, on 6th of September, 1797, was born William Smith. The public opinion of the day was dominated by the sentiments which had caused the War of Independence and carried it to a successful conclusion. From his earliest infancy, his mind was fed and his character fhere. Monument inscriptions. The figure of Governor Smith stands on a heavy pedestal surrounded by a swinging chain fence. On the several sides of the base are the following inscriptions: front face: William Smith. Virginia. Born Sept. 6, 1797. Died May 18, 1887. 1836-40 1841-2 Member of Virginia Senate. 1846-49 Governor of Virginia. 1841-3 1853-1861 Member of United States Congress. 1861-62 Member of Confederate States Congress. 1861-2 Colonel Forty-ninth Virginia Volunteers. 1