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Shouldn't the name actually be "Edmund Kirby-Smith" (hyphenated)? That's the usage at Sewanee, and it's on his tomb. -- Spewey 14:14, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
As can be seen from his signature, Smith did not hyphenate his name, and he appears under S, not K, in the index to Shelby Foote's "The Civil War: A Narrative". Obviously, the Kirby started out as a middle name, a matronymic, and later became more common than Edmund as a substitute first name.The article should be edited to give uniform treatment--he is routinely called "Smith" early, and "Kirby Smith" later in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.124.72.192 ( talk) 21:21, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
It looked like a mistake to mention EKS as part of the Army of the Potomac in July, 1861. This is generally the name of the main Union army. Further investigation reveals that this was briefly the name for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
I rewrote this article because it was not in the typical format for a Wiki Civil War bio (which are normally presented in chronological order), but also because it was in copyright violation from http://www.civilwarhome.com/ksmithbio.htm. You can't just copy text from websites unless they are known to be in the public domain, like National Park Service battle descriptions or Fox's Regimental Losses. Hal Jespersen 01:20, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I added a line in about him being the last confederate general, because I read it on a Trivial Pursuit card. I have no other source for this, but would tend to believe it. Gabefarkas 06:23, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
You say he 'resigned his commission in the U.S. Army on April 6 [1861] to join the Confederacy.' Then 'On March 16, 1861, Smith entered the Confederate forces as a major in the regular artillery.'
Was it an accepted routine to join the Confederates before resigning from the U.S./Union army? Valetude ( talk) 14:08, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
...like many other military officers, he was also a scientist.
Smith... dispatched half of Taylor's Army, Walker's Greyhounds, under the command of Maj. Gen. John George Walker northward to defeat Union Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele's incursion into Arkansas. This decision, strongly opposed by Taylor, caused great enmity between the two men.
Lucien Bonaparte Webster is described here as a Confederate officer who died in the war. The link to Webster shows that he was a US Army officer who died in 1853. Valetude ( talk) 06:38, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
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I round the section on Alexander Darnes totally mistifying. It seemed to come out of the blue. For it to make sense you have to have read the last paragraph in the Legacy and Honors section. That paragraph should be moved out of Legacy & Honors and should be placed at the beginning of the section on Darnes for two reasons. First, I skipped reading the Legacy & Honors section because I thought it was just going to be a recitation of awards and ranks. Instead there is substantive information. The second reason is that a statue of the general and a former slave that is made by one of his descendants and is placed in his former home is not an "Honor." I don't know what the "Legacy" part is supposed to be about, but a statue also doesn't seem like a legacy. Just my opinion. Ileanadu ( talk) 16:06, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
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