Infection set in, and Slack died on March 21. On March 7, 1862, during the Battle of Pea Ridge, Slack suffered another wound, close to his Wilson's Creek injury. Suffering a bad hip wound at Wilson's Creek, Slack was unable to rejoin his command until October.Īlong with a number of other Missouri State Guard officers, Slack transferred to the Confederate States Army, in which he commanded a brigade with the rank of colonel. After a surprise Union Army attack, Slack's deployment of his division bought time for further Confederate and Guard troops to deploy. After participating in the Battle of Carthage in July, Slack subsequently fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10. When the Missouri State Guard was formed the next month to oppose the Union, Slack was appointed as a brigadier general in the Guard's 4th Division. Returning to a legal career, Slack became influential in his local area.Īfter the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Slack, who had supported slavery before the war, began to support the Confederate cause. He saw action at the Battle of Embudo Pass and the Siege of Pueblo de Taos. After serving in the Missouri General Assembly from 1842 to 1843, Slack served as a captain in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War. Born in Kentucky, Slack moved to Missouri as a child and later entered the legal profession. William Yarnel Slack (Aug– March 21, 1862) was an American lawyer, politician and military officer.
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