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William Y. Slack

Confederate Army general, lawyer and politician

Died when: 45 years 232 days (547 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

William Y. Slack

William Yarnel Slack (August 1, 1816 – March 21, 1862) was a Missouri lawyer, politician, and general in the Missouri State Guard (aligned with the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War.

He led a division in some of war's earliest major battles in the Trans-Mississippi Theater and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas.


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