Edmund Kirby (army officer)
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Edmund Kirby was a United States Army artillery officer who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
KIRBY, Edmund
Battle of Chancellorsville
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The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30 – May 6, 1863, was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign.
Edmund Kirby (army officer)
…Edmund Kirby (March 11, 1840 – May 28, 1863) was a United States Army artillery officer who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Kirby was born in Brownville, New York, to Colonel Edmund Kirby (1794–1849), a United States Army paymaster and veteran of the Mexican–American War…
Battle of Chancellorsville, by Kurz and Allison, 1889 (Apocryphal painting depicts the wounding of Confederate Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson on May 2, 1863)
A piece of artillery.
Troops crossing the Rapidan at Germanna Ford
Battle of Chancellorsville, Situation Late 30 April 1863 and Movements since 27 April