"I never objected to the name" : Extra Billy : the early years, 1797-1842 -- "The most trying moment of my troubles ... ": the transition years, 1843-1852 -- "I believe in my soul slavery is neither a moral, social or political evil": the long road to secession, 1853-1860 -- "My military prospects were anything but flattering": Colonel Smith of the Confederacy, 1861-1862 -- "Now here's my brigade; I wish you knew them as I do": General Smith and the 1863 Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns -- "We cannot believe that our great God will allow such a just cause as ours to be lost": Governor Smith returns to Richmond, 1863-1865 -- "A stormy and, I hope, not altogether a useless life": the sunset years, 1865-1887.