Sewanee in Franklin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Edmund Kirby Smith
May 16, 1824 March 28, 1893
Photographed by Tom Gillard, December 12, 2009
1. Edmund Kirby Smith Marker
Postwar career:
After the war, Smith was active in the telegraph business and education. From 1866 to 1868, he was president of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company. When that effort ended in failure, he started a preparatory school in Newcastle, Kentucky. In 1870, he combined efforts with former Confederate general officer Bushrod Johnson and became president of the University of Nashville. In 1875, he left that post to become professor of mathematics at the University of the South at Sewanee from 1875 to 1893. At the time of his death in Sewanee, he was the last surviving man who had been a full general in the war. He is buried in the University Cemetery at Sewanee.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Education • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1866.
Location. 35° 12.459′ N, 85° 55.15′ W. Marker is in Sewanee, Tennessee, in Franklin County. It is on University Ave., on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sewanee TN 37383, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers.
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Tullahoma Campaign (was approx. 4.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Also see . . .
1. Edmund Kirby Smith residence, Shreveport, LA. (Submitted on December 13, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee.)
2. Edmund Kirby Smith. (Submitted on December 13, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Tom Gillard, December 12, 2009
2. Edmund Kirby Smith plaque
Photographed by Tom Gillard, December 12, 2009
3. Edmund Kirby Smith Grave marker
Cemetery coordinates: N35 12.259 W85 54.946
Photographed by Tom Gillard, December 12, 2009
4. Edmund Kirby Smith Grave marker
Photographed by Tom Gillard, December 12, 2009
5. Edmund Kirby Smith grave marker
Photographed by Tom Gillard, December 12, 2009
6. Confederate Battle Flag
Photographed by Tom Gillard, December 12, 2009
7. Confederate Battle Flag document
As a tribute to Gen. Edmund Kirby-Smith
Internet Archive
8. Lieutenant-General E. Kirby Smith, C.S.A.
from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3, Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel 1887.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 13, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,729 times since then and 88 times this year. Last updated on September 10, 2025, by Edward Troxel of Creal Springs, Illinois. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 13, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. 6, 7. submitted on December 15, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. 8. submitted on November 14, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
