Edmund Kirby Smith

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Confederate general military officer person

Edmund Kirby Smith was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War who commanded the Trans-Mississippi Department and was one of the last Confederate leaders to surrender.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Edmund Kirby Smith canonical	10
E. Kirby Smith	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate general ⓘ military officer ⓘ person ⓘ
allegiance	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ surface form: E. Kirby Smith
birthDate	1824-05-16 ⓘ
birthPlace	St. Augustine, Florida ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commanded	Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater ⓘ Army of the Trans-Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Trans-Mississippi Department
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1893-03-28 ⓘ
deathPlace	Sewanee, Tennessee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
educatedAt	United States Military Academy ⓘ surface form: United States Military Academy at West Point
education	United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName	Smith ⓘ
fullName	Edmund Kirby Smith self-link ⓘ
givenName	Edmund ⓘ
graduationYear	1845 ⓘ
hadSibling	Ephraim Kirby Smith ⓘ
militaryBranch	Confederate States Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	full general ⓘ general ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the last senior Confederate commanders to surrender ⓘ leadership in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
occupation	educator ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participatedIn	First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ surface form: Battle of Bull Run Battle of Richmond, Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Battle of Richmond (Kentucky) Red River campaign ⓘ surface form: Red River Campaign
placeOfBurial	Sewanee, Tennessee ⓘ University of the South cemetery ⓘ
positionHeld	chancellor of the University of the South ⓘ
postwarActivity	college professor ⓘ university administrator ⓘ
religion	Episcopal Church ⓘ
servedIn	Mexican–American War ⓘ Third Seminole War ⓘ
spouse	Cassie Selden ⓘ
surrenderedOn	1865-05-26 ⓘ
surrenderedTo	United States forces ⓘ
wasPromotedToGeneralInConfederateArmy	1862 ⓘ
workedAt	University of the South ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) → notableHolder → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

Kirby Smith → fullName → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

Kirby Smith → birthName → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

Army of the Trans-Mississippi → notableCommander → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

Army of the Trans-Mississippi → lastCommander → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

Army of Kentucky → notableCommander → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

Red River Campaign (participation) → commanderConfederate → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

Theophilus H. Holmes → successorInOffice → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

General (Confederate States Army) → heldBy → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

Edmund Kirby Smith → fullName → Edmund Kirby Smith self-link ⓘ

Edmund Kirby Smith → alsoKnownAs → Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ

this entity surface form: E. Kirby Smith