Edmund Kirby-Smith
Born: May 16, 1824
Birthplace: Saint Augustine, Florida
Father: Joseph Lee Smith 1776 – 1846
(Buried: Huguenot Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida)
Mother: Frances Kirby 1785 – 1875
(Buried: Huguenot Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida)
Wife: Cassie Selden 1837 - 1907
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Married: September 24, 1861 in Lynchburg, Virginia
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Children:
Caroline Selden “Carrie” Kirby-Smith Crolly 1862 – 1941
(Buried: University of South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Frances Kirby-Smith Wade 1864 – 1952
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California)
Edmund Kirby-Smith Jr. 1866 – 1938
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, California)
Rowena Selden “Nina” Kirby-Smith Buck 1870 – 1965
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Lydia Kirby-Smith Hale 1871 – 1943
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Elizabeth Chaplin Kirby-Smith 1872 – 1917
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Dr. Reynold Marvin “RM” Kirby-Smith 1874 – 1962
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
William Selden Kirby-Smith Sr. 1876 – 1941
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, Texas)
Josephine Kirby-Smith Fayerweather 1878 – 1961
(Buried: O’ahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Dr. Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith 1882 – 1939
(Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida)
Ephraim Kirby-Smith 1884 – 1940
(Buried: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee)
Education:
1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (25th in class)
Occupation before War:
1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment
1846 – 1851: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment
1849 – 1852: Assistant Mathematics Instructor at West Point
1851 – 1855: 1st Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment
1855 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, 2nd Cavalry Regiment
1861: Major, United States Army, 2nd Cavalry Regiment
1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 6th
Civil War Career:
1861: Major of Confederate States Artillery
1861: Lt. Colonel of Confederate States Army Cavalry
1861: Assistant Adjutant General for the Shenandoah Valley
1861: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1861: Wounded in neck and shoulder during First Battle of Bull Run
1862: Commander of Department of Middle & East Florida
1862: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Commander of Army of East Tennessee
1862: Participated in the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky
1862 – 1864: Lt. General of Confederate Army Infantry
Edmond Kirby-Smith Bronze Statue
Designed by Artist C. Adrian Pillars
Given by the State of Florida in 1922
Capitol Visitor's Center, Washington, DC
from the Architect of the Capitol
1863 – 1865: Commander of the Trans – Mississippi Department
1864 – 1865: General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1865: June 2, Signed terms of Surrender in Galveston, Texas
1865: Lived in Mexico and Cuba
1865: Took Oath of Amnesty at Lynchburg, Virginia
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1868: President of Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company
1868 – 1870: President of Western Military Institute
1870 – 1875: President of University of Nashville
1875 – 1893: Mathematics Professor, University of the South
Died: March 28, 1893
Place of Death: Sewanee, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Age at time of Death: 68 years old
Burial Place: University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee
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