Edmund Kirby Smith
Senior officer
General Edmund Kirby Smith was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded the Trans-Mississippi Department from 1863 to 1865. Before the American Civil War, Smith served as an officer of the United States Army. Wikipedia
Born: May 16, 1824, St. Augustine, FL
Died: March 28, 1893 (age 68 years), Sewanee, TN
Children: Ephraim Kirby-Smith and Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith
Education: United States Military Academy
Parents: Joseph Lee Smith
Buried: University Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S
Commands held: 3d Corps, Army of Tennessee; Trans-Mississippi Department