Edmund Kirby Smith
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Edmund Kirby Smith was a Confederate States Army general, who oversaw the Trans-Mississippi Department from 1863 to 1865. Before the American Civil War, Smith served as an officer of the United States
Smith in uniform, c. 1862
Edmund Kirby Smith's boyhood home at St. Augustine, Florida
Smith in uniform, 1861
A plaque marking Smith's former residence at Shreveport, Louisiana
P. G. T. Beauregard
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Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was an American military officer known for being the Confederate general who started the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he
Edmund Kirby Smith
…E. Lee's surrender. He immediately left the country for Mexico and then to Cuba, to escape potential prosecution for treason. In August of that year, General Beauregard's house near New Orleans was surrounded by Federal troops who suspected the general of harboring Smith. All the inhabitants were locked in a cotton…
Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1860–1865
Pierre G. T. Beauregard as a young man, painting by Richard Clague
The Battle of Chapultepec, September 13, 1847
U.S. Army Major P.G.T. Beauregard