Edmund Kirby Smith
Military Person
1824 – 1893
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Who was Edmund Kirby Smith?
Edmund Kirby Smith was a career United States Army officer before serving the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and educator in the postwar years. He served as a general in the Confederate States Army, notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department after the fall of Vicksburg to the Union Army.
After the conflict ended, Smith worked in both the telegraph and railway industries. He next served as a college professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee until his death.
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- Born
- May 16, 1824
St. Augustine - Parents
- Nationality
- Confederate States of America
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- Mar 28, 1893
Sewanee
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on July 23, 2013
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