Edmund Kirbi Smit
Edmund Kirbi Smit (engl. Edmund Kirby Smith; Sent Ogastin, 16. maj 1824 — Sivani, 28. mart 1893) bio je general Konfederacije za vreme Američkog građanskog rata.[1]
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 Edmund Kirbi Smit | |
| Puno ime | Edmund Kirbi Smit |
| Datum rođenja | 16. maj 1824. |
| Mesto rođenja | Sent Ogastin, SAD |
| Datum smrti | 28. mart 1893. (68 god.) |
| Mesto smrti | Sivani, SAD |
| Roditelji | Joseph Lee Smith Frances Kirby Smith |
Smit je postao oficir u vojsci SAD 1845. godine. Po izbijanju građanskog rata 1861. istupa iz vojske, a Florida je proglasila otcepljenje od Unije. U junu 1861. je imao čin brigadnog generala i u oktobru iste godine je unapređen u general-majora vojske Konfederacije. Istakao se za vreme Bragove invazije Kentakija (1862) i na Ričmond, gde je porazio generala severa Vilijama Nelsona (30. avgusta iste godine).[2] Od februara 1863. do kraja rata, Smit je komandovao snagama zapadno od Misisipija (Transmisisipi, područje pod ingerencijom konfederalnih država). Potpisao je predaju svojih trupa 26. maja 1865, a posle rata je bio direktor železničke kompanije i zatim univerzitetski profesor.
Bio je oženjen sa Kesi Selden (1836–1905), imali su jedanaestoro dece, pet sinova i šest kćeri.
Tokom Drugog svetskog rata jedan brod Američke mornarice je nazvan po njemu.[3]
Reference uredi
- ^ Edmund Kirby-Smith Papers, 1776-1906 (bulk 1840-1866), The Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, 25. 11. 2013.
- ^ Cunningham, Sumner A.; Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization); Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.); United Confederate Veterans; United Daughters of the Confederacy (1922), Confederate Veteran, S.A. Cunningham
- ^ Maritime Activity Reports (1942), Marine News 29
Literatura uredi
- Forsyth, Michael J (2003). The Camden Expedition of 1864 and the Opportunity Lost by the Confederacy to Change the Civil War. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-1554-0..
- Parks, Joseph Howard General Edmund Kirby Smith, CSA. Baton Rouge. . Louisiana State University Press. 1954. ISBN 978-0-8071-1800-9..
- Pollard, Edward Alfred (1867), Lee and His Lieutenants: Comprising the Early Life, Public Services, and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee and His Companions in Arms, with a Record of Their Campaigns and Heroic Deeds. New York: E.B. Treat & Co.
- Prushankin, Jeffery S (2005). A Crisis in Confederate Command: Edmund Kirby Smith, Richard Taylor and the Army of the Trans-Mississippi. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3088-9..
- Smith, Ephraim Kirby (2006), To Mexico with Scott: Letters of Captain E. Kirby Smith to His Wife, edited and with Introduction by R.M. Johnston, scanned and reissued,
- Sifakis, Stewart (1988). Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-2202-1..
- Warner, Ezra J. (1992). Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-0822-2.
