"Our Kirby Smith;"
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Fuller, John W.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from "Our Kirby Smith;": A Paper Read Before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, March 2, 1887 There have been three Kirby Smiths - all of them soldiers. The elder, Ephraim Kirby Smith, dropped all but the initial of his first name, and was always known as E.Kirby Smith. During the War of the Rebellion it was common to hear the older officers of our army speak of him as a soldier of marked ability, and as one who had been universally respected and honored. Major E. Kirby Smith fell in battle at the head of his battalion at Molina-del-Rey; a battle in which we lost fifty-nine officers (one-third of all engaged), and nearly eight hundred men. A battle so much more fatal, proportionately, to us, than any other with the same foe, that it seems evident "somebody blundered." Indeed, General Grant, in his memoirs, thinks this battle ought never to have been fought at all, as the enemy´s very strong position could have been easily turned. Major E.Kirby Smith was the father of our Kirby Smith, whose memory, still cherished in some hearts, I desire to revive and freshen to-night the memory of F. L. Kirby Smith, the first Colonel of the Forty-third Ohio. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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