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William Y. Slack (August 1, 1816 – March 21, 1862) was an American lawyer,
politician and soldier. A peacetime lawyer, Slack served in the Missouri General
Assembly from 1842 to 1843 and saw combat in the Mexican–American War. After the
outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Slack, who held pro-slavery
views, supported the Confederate cause. When the Missouri State Guard was formed
the next month to oppose the Union Army, he was appointed as a brigadier
general, commanding its 4th Division. After participating in the Battle of
Carthage in July, he fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, where
he suffered a bad hip wound. He transferred to the Confederate Army in late 1861
as a colonel. On March 7, 1862, during the Battle of Pea Ridge, he was wounded
again. Infection set in, and he died on March 21. He was posthumously promoted
to brigadier general in the Confederate Army on April 17; the Confederate Senate
may not have known that he was dead. (Full article...)

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Arabis hirsuta, also known as the hairy rock-cress, is a flowering plant of the
genus Arabis in the family Brassicaceae. In previous North American works, this
species has been broadly defined to include plants native to Europe, Asia, and
the northern half of North America, but is now more often restricted to a
narrower subgroup restricted to Europe. The species grows on chalk slopes,
dunes, hedgebanks, walls and rocks. A. hirsuta grows to a height of 15 to 60
centimetres (6 to 18 inches) and is usually unbranched, with a long spike of
flowers and stiff hairs. The lower leaves of the plant form a rosette, while the
stalkless upper leaves clasp the stem. It has white petals with flowering from
June to August, cylindrical fruits pressed close to the stem and reddish brown
seeds. This A. hirsuta plant at the start of its flowering phase was
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