Confederate Captain Frederick Waugh Smith 🇸🇴
Born in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1843 and died in Cape Town, South Africa in 1928.
A member of 49th Virginia Infantry at the beginning of the War for Southern Independence in 1861. 
Promoted to Sergeant Major and wounded December 13, 1863 at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Served as an aid and Lieutenant on the staff of his father Major General William "Extra Billy" Smith.
Promoted to Captain and served on the staff of General McCausland.
Joined the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry.
The son of Virginia Governor William Smith and Elizabeth A. Bell. Studied law before the war.
A patriot that shed his blood🩸for the independence of Dixieland.