A Stonewall Brigade soldier kept his family well informed of his highs and his lows. Thomas Smiley was two months shy of his 19th birthday when he enlisted in Company D of the 5th Virginia Infantry. When he marched off to war in April 1861, he stood above many of his peers at 6-foot-2, his …
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