Title: The odyssey of a southerner
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Biography, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, Generals, History, Military engineers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1822-1896
Places: Confederate States of America, Georgetown (Ky.), New York (N.Y.), Southern States, United States
People: Gustavus Woodson Smith (1822-1896)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E467.1.S7 H83 1998