Gustavus Woodson Smith papers, 1858-1863.

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Gustavus Woodson Smith papers, 1858-1863.

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The collection consists of the papers of Gustavus Woodson Smith from 1858-1863. Includes correspondence with CSA President Jefferson Davis often quarreling about army administration and strategy, appointment of staff, and subsequent resignation as Major General. There is one letter to his wife Lucretia from New Kent County, Virginia, three pencil reports with revisions on engagements at Eltham Landing and the Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks during the Peninsular Campaign in Virginia, and operations of the Georgia Militia near Atlanta during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Also included is an original battlefield map showing Smith's route through Virginia in the vicinity of Fairfax Court House (1861).

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