Coming in North & South Magazine--"William Crawford Smith: From C.S.A. Private to U.S.A. Colonel."

I expect the next issue of North & South Magazine to include my article, "William Crawford Smith:  From C.S.A. Private to U.S.A. Colonel."  Smith was the last color bearer of the 12th Virginia Infantry.  After the war, he moved to Nashville where he designed the city's Parthenon for Tennessee's Centennial.  In 1898, he mustered in as colonel of the 1st Tennessee Infantry United States Volunteers.  In 1899, he died in the Philippines while leading his regiment near Manila.  His photo graces the cover of my last book, The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War:  A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown's Hanging to Appomattox, 1859-1865 (Savas Beatie, 2019), winner of the 2019 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History.

Courtesy of William Turner

My next book, Grant Lays Siege to Lee:  Petersburg, June 18-July 1, 1864, should be out next year and covers the battle of Jerusalem Plank Road and the Wilson-Kautz Raid.  The result of the last proofreading is in my hands.