LOUIS PHILIPPE

From the papers of General William FARRAR SMITH (1824-1903) was known as Baldy Smith, was a Union general in the American Civil War, notable for attracting the extremes of glory and blame. He was praised for his gallantry in the Seven Days Battles and the Battle of Antietam, but was demoted for professional and political reasons after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg.Louis Philippe Albert was the grandson of France's last reigning monarch - King Louis Philippe. He acquired a claim to the French throne after the death of his father, Prince Ferdinand-Philippe, in a carriage accident in 1842. Exiled to England after King Louis Philippe was deposed in 1848, he joined the Union cause in the American Civil War, serving on the staff of General George McClellan with the rank of Captain. In this capacity he was actively involved in several battles of McClellan's Peninsular Campaign of 1862. As US-French relations deteriorated following the introduction of French troops into Mexico, the Count returned to Europe in 1863. He returned to France in 1871, living quietly there until the French Republic banished all claimants to the throne from the country in 1886. The Count wrote an 8-volume history of the American Civil War.