The odyssey of a southerner
Subtitle: the life and times of Gustavus Woodson Smith
By: Leonne M. Hudson.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1822-1896.; Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.; Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.; Military engineers -- Southern States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.; Georgetown (Ky.) -- Biography.; New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Description: The Odyssey of a Southerner, an interpretive biography of Gustavus Woodson Smith, takes a look at a life that spanned almost seventy-five years of the 19th century. The focus of this book lies in Smith's activity in the Civil War. Jefferson Davis's commission of Smith as a major general called attention to the problems of the Confederate system of appointments which made a sick man of unproven competence the second in command of the Confederate Army of the Potomac.

Hudson uses a wide variety of sources including manuscript collections, government documents, official records, and newspapers to recreate the life of Smith.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-239) and index.