Gustavus Woodson Smith
Gustavus Woodson Smith , more commonly known as G.W. Smith, was a career United States Army officer who fought in the MexicanAmerican War, a civil engineer, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He briefly commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from Mayuntil June 1, 1862, following the wounding of General Joseph E. Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines. Smith later served as Interim Confederate Secretary of War and in the Georgia state militia.
Smith was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, and was a brotherinlaw of Horace Randal and a distant relative of John Bell Hood. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point as a brevet second lieutenant in 1842. Smith finished eighth out of 56 cadets while at West Point. He entered the Army Corps of Engineers afterward, and was promoted to second lieutenant on January 1, 1845.
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