SMITH, Edmund Kirby

Confederate

Born: May 16 1824, St Augustine FL

Died: March 28 1893, Sewanee TN

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1845, Mexican War, assistant professor at West Point, frontier duty, resigned April 1861.

War Service: 1861 Lt. Col., June 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded 4th Bde/Army of the Shenandoah at First Manassas (w), October 1861 Maj. Gen., Richmond KY, October 1862 Lt. Gen. in command of Trans Mississippi Dept until the end of the War, February 1864 General, repelled the Red River expedition

Post War: President of Telegraph Company, college professor, college president.