What is Edmund Kirby Smith?
[[File:Edmund Kirby Smith.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Edmund Kirby Smith]] '''Edmund Kirby Smith''' (May 16, 1824 – March 28, 1893) was a [[United States Army]] officer and academic. He was a [[general officer|general]] for the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Near the end of the war, he commanded all the Confederate soldiers west of the [[Mississippi River]]. He surrendered his army (gave up the fight) on May 26, 1865 at [[New Orleans]]. This was weeks after [[Robert E. Lee]] had surrendered at [[Appomattox]]. Kirby Smith was from [[Saint Augustine, Florida]]. {{American Civil War}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Edmund Kirby}} [[Category:1824 births]] [[Category:1893 deaths]] [[Category:Academics from Tennessee]] [[Category:Confederate Army generals]] [[Category:Educators from Florida]] [[Category:Military people from Florida]]