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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1 August 1816 Mason County, Kentucky
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Died |
21 March 1862 (aged 45) Benton County, Arkansas
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Zodiac | Leo |
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