General Edmund Kirby-Smith
N 35° 12.268 W 085° 54.950
16S E 598687 N 3896256
This is the final resting place of General Edmund Kirby-Smith.
Waymark Code: WM24TD
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2007
Views: 52
He was a General for the Confederate States during the Civil War. Also, add to his list of credits being a Major in the United State Cavalry and a Full Professor at the University of the South (Sewanee, TN).
Gen. Kirby-Smith was born in St. Augustine, FL in May 1824 and died in Sewanee, TN in March 1893.
At the time of his death in Sewanee, he was the last surviving man who had been a full general in the war.
Description:
Edmund Kirby Smith (May 16, 1824 – March 28, 1893) was a career U.S. Army officer, an educator, and a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy after the fall of Vicksburg.
Date of birth: 05/16/1824
Date of death: 03/28/1893
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Closed after dark.
Fee required?: No
Web site: Not listed
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