Edmund Kirby Smith (May 16, 1824 – March 28, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and educator. He served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy after the fall of Vicksburg.
After the conflict ended Smith worked in both the telegraph and railway business. He then served as a college professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee until his death.
Read more about Edmund Kirby Smith: Early Life and The U.S. Army, Civil War Service, Marriage and Family Life, Postwar Career, In Memoriam, Alexander Darnes
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