Talk:Edmund Kirby Smith

message: 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 fixed the link. This was an early army that was incorporated into the Army of Northern Virginia along with other forces. Hal Jespersen 20:30, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  (Confederate) Army of the Potomac 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: 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)
replies: text: Unfortunately, it's inaccurate.  Rather than basing entries on a one liner in a card game, since Wikipedia focuses on verifiability, I commend you to any major Civil War history; Shelby Foote's or Bruce Catton's will do.  Come to that, Stand Watie's own Wikipedia entry has it right.  Ravenswing 09:47, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last Confederate General 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Dates 

message: ...like many other military officers, he was also a scientist.
:Rather an unexpected statement about regular soldiers. Rosecrans is the only other one I've heard of. Valetude (talk) 11:10, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scientist 

message: 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.
:The reasons for the disagreement are not made clear, either in this article or on Taylor's own wiki page. Where did Taylor want to deploy Walker? Valetude (talk) 11:37, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disagreement with Taylor 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Brother-in-law 

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message: 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)
replies: text: OK. I see now that Alexander Darnes is mentioned in the introduction, but my recommendation remains as is. Ileanadu (talk) 02:10, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alexander Darnes section makes no sense as is 

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