CDV ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF GENERAL E. KIRBY SMITH

CDV ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF GENERAL E. KIRBY SMITH

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Edmund Kirby Smith is one of the more layered personalities of Confederate high command.  Like many, he served as a career US Army Officer, but cast his lot with the Confederate Army in 1861.  He entered as a Major, and in less than a day became a Lieutenant Colonel. His exploits in the Trans-Mississippi halted the Red River Campaign and his isolated command was the last to surrender in Texas.  He fled to Mexico and Cuba to avoid treason charges and returned when the offer of amnesty was extended to those willing to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States.  He entered the telegraph industry, became a professor of mathematics, and studied the genetics of plants – eventually gifting his botanical collection to the University of Florida.

This image features a bust-view portrait of Smith and is mounted to a common card with gilt border patterning. Penciled on both image and card is “Kirby Smith”. The reverse is clean, with a canceled stamp dated “AUG 26 1865”, and a partially obscured E. & H. T. ANTHONY photographer back mark. Edges and corners are sharps, with mild corner rolling on the reverse.

An essential and uncommon addition to any comprehensive carte-de-visite or fine image collection.   [cm][ph:L]

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