General Edmund Kirby Smith, C.S.A.

(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated form West Point, 1845; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in March 1861 and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army. Promoted to brigadier general in June 1861, major general in October 1861, lie...

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Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
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spellingShingle	Alabama Photographs and Pictures General Edmund Kirby Smith, C.S.A.
fulltopic	Alabama Photographs and Pictures Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Florida; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description	(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated form West Point, 1845; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in March 1861 and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army. Promoted to brigadier general in June 1861, major general in October 1861, lieutenant general in October 1862, and general in February 1864. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas (wounded), the Kentucky campaign, Perryville, the Red River campaign, and the Arkansas campaign. After the war, Smith lived briefly in Cuba. He returned to the United States and became a college president and mathematics professor. Smith died in Sewanee, Tennessee, in March 1893 and is buried there. He was the last surviving full Confederate general when he died. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling	Q0000000029Q29General Edmund Kirby Smith, C.S.A.(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated form West Point, 1845; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in March 1861 and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army. Promoted to brigadier general in June 1861, major general in October 1861, lieutenant general in October 1862, and general in February 1864. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas (wounded), the Kentucky campaign, Perryville, the Red River campaign, and the Arkansas campaign. After the war, Smith lived briefly in Cuba. He returned to the United States and became a college president and mathematics professor. Smith died in Sewanee, Tennessee, in March 1893 and is buried there. He was the last surviving full Confederate general when he died. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991.1861-1862 circa1860-1869Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Florida; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Studio portraits; Cartes-de-visiteYoung, Dr. Richard C.Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph albumLPP4, #015v5914Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00078http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6323
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General Edmund Kirby Smith, C.S.A.

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