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The late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ben Chitty on Sewanee's "Five Generals:"
"Sewanee has claim to five Confederate Generals: Polk, Shoup, Gorgas,
Kirby-Smith, and Capers." -At the Chitty's home on the Domain of
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH,
oral history, chronological order, circa 1999
THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA:
22 FEBRUARY 1862
DEO VINDICE
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Great Seal of the Confederacy,
Narthex widows in All Saints' Chapel,
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.
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THE
FIRST OF THE FIVE: |
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Bishop-General
Leonidas Polk, C.S.A. |
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(Leading
founder, then second Chancellor while Lieutenant-General in the
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Commander of the Army of Mississippi.)
Leonidas Polk, 1839.
(Confederate Veteran magazine,
Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, February, 1929.)
Jessie Ball DuPont Library,
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
SOUTH.
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Our Heroes and Flags,
including Bishop-General Leonidas Polk
and General Robert E. Lee
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Confederate Veteran magazine, March 1900, Confederate Heroes,
including Bishop-General Leonidas Polk and General Robert
E. Lee
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Noble Men of the South,
including Leonidas Polk, Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston,
and Pierre Gustave Tutant Beauregard. |
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"To understand the strength of Southern patriotism, the following
account of a woman's devotion to the cause of Southern independence
may be helpful: A Southern woman had lost three sons in battle but
was willing to have her fourth and last son serve in the cause.
After hearing this story, Confederate Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk commented,
'How can you subdue a nation such as this?' " -Charles Adams,
WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS: Arguing the Case for Southern
Secession, 2000
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THE
SECOND OF THE FIVE: |
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Francis Asbury Shoup, C.S.A.
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(West
Point graduate, as was Leonidas Polk; fought on the same Shiloh
battlefield as did Polk; Hardee's Chief of Artillery during assault
on the "Hornets Nest;" commanded brigade at Vicksburg,
Chief of Artillery Confederate Army of Tennessee; designed the famous
"Shoupade" fortifications for General Joseph E. Johnston's
Chattahoochee River Line, General John Bell Hood's Chief of Staff,
then eventually chaplain and professor of Mathematics and Metaphysics
at Sewanee; buried in University Cemetery underneath the Christian
Cross and two crossed cannons; memorialized by Shoup Park's memorial
stone placed by the U.D.C. and a portrait in Jesse duPont Ball Library
ground floor periodical reading room.)
At Vicksburg:
Louisiana
Francis A. Shoup
Brig. Gen. C. S. Army
Commanding Brigade
Smith's Division
May 2 - July 4, 1863
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(Kennesaw National Battlefield Park.)
William R. Scaife's exhibit in "Civil War in Vinnings,"
Marietta Museum of History, Marietta, Georgia, May 23, 2005
- August 26, 2005.
Chattahoochee River Line, MMH.
Johnston's River Line
Oakdale Rd., Smyrna
Little remains of Johnston's bold stand in front of
the Chattahoochee River during the Atlanta Campaign,
called by historians Johnston's River Line. Unique and
innovative fortifications, called "Shoupades"
after their designer C.S. Gen. Francis A. Shoup, were
painstakingly built along a high ridge in front of the
river. They were mostly misunderstood by the Confederates,
who stood to gain from their use. Slaves were used to
build these fortifications, which were designed to create
interlocking fields of fire. Instead of digging in for
protection, these fortifications were above grade to
create both defensive and offensive opportunities. Some
experts believe them to be the most formidable defensive
position taken by an army during the entire War. Gen.
Hood urged they be abandoned, but Cleburne believed
them to be excellent. The river line was abandoned when
Union troops found river crossings elsewhere. The Shoupades
and artillery forts have mostly been destroyed by development.
Some remain on private property. One Shoupade and artillery
fort are located on property deeded to Cobb County and
may become a River Line park. Drive along Oakdale road,
which follows the ridge of the river line, and you get
a sense of Johnston's position. (http://www.preservemarietta.com/JimMorrisNotes.htm;
viewed 8/19/05.) |
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William R. Scaife's scale model of a Shoupade.
CONFEDERATE SHOUPADE
54 mm. Military Miniature scale
1 inch = approximately 2 1/2 feet
36 such forts, each accommodating one Company of about
80 men, made up the Chattahoochee River Line or American
Magiont.
Designed by Brigadier General Francis Asbury Shoup,
Chief of Artillery of the Confederate Army of Tennessee,
the line of fortifications extended a distance of
about four miles along the north bank of the Chattahoochee
River, near Bolton [Road]. the Shoupades were connected
by continuous trenches and log stockades, and a 2
gun artillery redoubt was located midway between each
Shoupade.
Shoup's unique and innovative design incorporated
interlocking fields of fire from both rifles and artillery
in a military concept that was years ahead of its
time. Such an advanced system of fortifications would
not be again build until the Magiont Line was constructed
in France between the World Wars.
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Historic Preservation:
"Two More Shoupades, Artillery Redan, and Trenches
Saved in Georgia"
Circa August, 2005
By Kimberly Starks, Staff Writer
Marietta Daily Journal
MARIETTA - Oakdale neighborhood residents in southwest
Cobb are not entirely satisfied with a developer's
plan to build mixed-use homes around a unique Civil
War site.
Mary Rose Barnes, president of the Oakdale Neighborhood
Association Inc., said the developer, Walton Communities
LLC, has suggested protecting historic trenches -
called "Shoupades" and "redans"
- with close to an acre of greenspace.
That's not enough, Ms. Barnes said.
"They haven't made much of a compromise in the
1 acre and the 7 acres the historians would like,"
Ms. Barnes said.
River Line historic area activist and resident Roberta
Cook said the developer has agreed to implement two
of the preservationists' suggestions.
Ms. Cook said a logo of Johnston's River Line will
appear on neighborhood street signs and a temporary
chain linked fence will protect the earthworks during
development. Townhomes south of Fort Drive also will
be moved to another location if they are able to gain
more land for the development, she said.
"These things are certainly encouraging,"
Ms. Cook said.
Homeowners are hoping the developer keeps 7 acres
of greenspace for the Shoupades and are asking Realtor
Nick O'Connor to help acquire the property.
David Knight, a partner at Walton Communities, said
the firm has agreed to do everything the planning
commission has recommended, which is save as much
land around the Shoupades as possible.
"We agreed to create a lot of site between the
Shoupades so they could be used together," Knight
said. "The Civil War folks want us to give them
more land, but I think they understand why we can't."
Dating back to July 1986, the remaining Civil War
Shoupades represents the best surviving example of
engineering of the Johnston's River Line, which is
located near the Chattahoochee River. The site's trenches
are the only remaining contiguous line of Shoupades
in existence. The fortifications were built for Confederate
Gen. Joseph Johnston's army during the weeks following
the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
Found only in Cobb, the Civil War fortifications were
built on high terrain and were constructed of logs
and earth extending 16 feet. The two-story Shoupades
were shaped like arrowheads and were named after Col.
Francis Shoup, chief engineer for the Confederate
Army.
A company of about 80 men would occupy each Shoupade
to fire at the enemy and reload rifles. Next to the
Shoupades were artillery "redans," or small
earthen forts for cannons. With the fortification
in place, the infantry could shoot across the approaches
to the artillery redans, and vice versa. |
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Shoup Memorial Stone. |
U.D.C. plaque. |
The Shoup Memorial Stone plaque, across from Elliott and Tuckaway
Halls, on the Domain of THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE SOUTH-
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MEMORY OF
FRANCIS ASBURY SHOUP, BRIGADIERE GENERAL C.S.A.
CHIEF OF ARTILLERY TO GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.
THIS TABLET PLACED BY KIRBY-SMITH CHAPTER U.D.C. |
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Gravestone of Rev. Francis Asbury Shoup-
crossed cannons in University Cemetery at Sewanee. |
"During the session of the board of trustees in 1903 an
appropriate and beautiful ledger monument of polished granite was
unveiled in the Sewanee cemetery in memory of General Francis Asbury
Shoup, D. D., and for many years a professor in the University. Dr.
Shoup held the position of brigadier-general in the Confederate army.
The unveiling of the monument was attended by the camp of Confederate
Veterans and by the board of trustees, with citizens of Sewanee. Addresses
were made by the Rt. Rev. Thomas U. Dudley, LL.D., chancellor of the
University and an officer in the Confederate army, also by Rt. Rev.
Thomas F. Gailor, D. D., bishop of Tennessee." -Fairbanks, HISTORY,
1905
Breslin Tower
from Manigault Park. |
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about $10,000, was given by Mr. Breslin of New York, a
friend of Rev. Dr. Shoup, and through his influence, not
doubt," -George Rainsford Fairbanks, HISTORY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, 1905 |
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Brigadier-General
Josiah Gorgas, C.S.A. |
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(West
Point graduate, as was Leonidas Polk, President Jefferson Davis'
choice as Chief of Confederate Ordnance, then first post-bellum
Headmaster of the Junior Department and second Vice-Chancellor
of The University (1872-1878), then President of the University
of Alabama; namesake of Gorgas Hall at THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH)-
Grave monument of Brigadier-General Josiah Gorgas, Evergreen
Cemetery,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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"Brigadier-General Josiah Gorgas, Lee's chief
of ordnance, the "second genius of the Confederacy"
according to Freeman, attended Sewanee's first chapel
service... He brought quiet competence, courtly
dignity, and a great lady to the secluded domain."
-Chitty, RECONSTRUCTION, 1954, 1993
From Requisition of Confederate
Ordnance Office,
July 30, 1861.
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"The General [Gorgas] was a punctilious soldier and gentleman,
and the mark he left upon Sewanee was courtesy. Every officer,
professor, stranger was saluted; every lady was greeted with a
lift of the cap." -Moultrie Guerry, MEN WHO MADE SEWANEE,
1932, Chitty rev., 1981
General Josiah Gorgas
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"Opening the University-
Entering the original chapel, St. Augustine's, on
September 18, 1868, is... and then General Josiah
Gorgas, first headmaster of the Junior Department,
chief of [ordnance] of the Confederacy, and then
second Vice-Chancellor..." -Narthex window
descriptions, All Saints' Chapel, THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH,
Sewanee, Tennessee |
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| Residence hall built for the
Sewanee Military Academy; was later used by the Sewanee
Academy, and now is an undergraduate dormitory. |
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"...it was good breeding and courtesy...The second reason,
I have always said, was Gen. Gorgas. He moulded the primitive
Grammar School which was the mother of us all. He had the
spirit and the power of the truest and severest military courtesy.
He taught us not only theoretically but practically to touch or
take off our caps to our officers, our elders, all ladies, and
to all strangers or visitors as token of welcome and hospitality.
People noticed it, and felt warmed and flattered by the welcome,
and went away and spoke of it... And they sent their sons here
to be made gentlemen of." -"Traditional Ideals
of Sewanee," 1907 SEMI-CENTENNIAL CAP AND GOWN
William Crawford Gorgas gravestone,
Arlington Cemetery.
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Major-General
William Crawford Gorgas, U.S.A., son of
Brigadier-General Josiah Gorgas, C.S.A.; found
the cause of malaria, and thus the Panama
Canal was completed. Served as Surgeon General
of the United States Army during World War
I, Commander of the French Legion of Honor,
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George in England, member of the Washington
Camp, No. 305 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Washington, D.C. Represented in the All Saints'
Chapel narthex windows with William Porcher
DuBose to commemorate the installation of
the Order of Gownsmen. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Ben Chitty often referred to William
Crawford Gorgas as the University's most distinguished
alumnus. |
Representative installation of a Gownsmen-
William Crawford Gorgas gowned by Rev. Dr. William
Porcher DuBose. (Narthex window descriptions.) |
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"Ameila
[Mrs. Gorgas] was the third child of Governor John Gayle
of Alabama... Amelia lived for two years on the University
of Alabama campus at Tuscaloosa with President and Mrs. Alva
Woods, friends of the family. Later she graduated from Columbia
Female Institute in Columbia, Tennessee, the school established
in 1836 by Bishop James Harvey Otey." -Jill Carpenter,
"The Ordnance Genius and the Governor's Daughter,"
Keystone, Newsletter of the Sewanee Trust for Historic
Preservation, March/April 2005
Amelia Gale Gorgas Library,
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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Library named in honor of the wife of Brigadier-General
Josiah Gorgas, daughter of ante-bellum Alabama
Governor John Gayle, first lady of the Domain of
THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE SOUTH at Sewanee,
Tennessee, (1872-1878), and then first lady of the University
of Alabama while the mistress of the Gorgas House. |
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The Gorgas House, part of the antebellum
university campus, was built in 1828 as a dining hall
for students. In the 1840s it was converted into a faculty
residence. After the Civil War it became the home of
Josiah Gorgas, a Confederate general and seventh president
of the University, and his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas,
the daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle. (www.druidcityonline.com;
viewed 8/20/05.) |
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GORGAS HOUSE
Preserved as memorial to:
General Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883)
Chief of Ordnance, C.S.A. 1861-1865.
President of University 1878-1879.
Mrs. Amelia Gayle Gorgas (1826-1913)
University Librarian 1879-1906
General William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920)
Surgeon General of U.S. Army
Sanitary Engineer whose work in
eliminating Yellow Fever assured
Construction of the Panama Canal. |
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GORGAS HOUSE
Built 1829 as University dining hall
Remodeled as a residence 1840
Occupied by Gorgas family 1879-1953 |
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Board of Trustees of THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH
by General Robert E. Lee, as well commended by Major-General
John B. Gordon of Georgia, the latter of the Appomattox
grand salute fame and then as three term United States Senator
and two term Governor of the State of Georgia.
"You could probably have found no man [Gorgas] more
eminently qualified in the whole country." -John
B. Gordon to Bishop William Mercer Green, regarding Gorgas
(PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS, Josiah Gorgas and Confederate
Ordnance, Frank E. Vandiver, 1952, 1980)
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Gen. John B. Gordon, endorser of Gen. Josiah Gorgas
to the
Chancellor [Green] of
THE UNIVERISTY
OF
THE SOUTH.
The John B. Gordon Monument
on the lawn of the
Georgia State Capitol.
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General
Edmund Kirby-Smith, C.S.A. |
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("Seminole;"
West Point graduate, as was Leonidas Polk; gallant service in the
Mexican War; Indian campaigns in Texas; commander Trans-Mississippi
Department as Full General during the War between the States, then
later professor of Mathematics at Sewanee; buried in University
Cemetery; namesake of the Kirby-Smith Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy at Sewanee, Tennessee; Kirby-Smith Monument and
Kirby-Smith Point; portrait in Jessie Ball duPont Library ground
floor periodicals room.)
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Gen.
Edmund Kirby Smith
One of the Eight Full Generals of the Confederacy.
(Confederate Veteran magazine, Vol. XXXII, September,
1924, No.9.)
"As commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department,
C.S.A., Gen. Kirby Smith had the power of an absolute
dictator. He organized his own treasury department, postoffice
department, and cotton bureau.. General Kirby Smith was
not only a great military genius, but hew was that sterling,
incorruptible kind of Christian leader who has left the
imprint of a noble life on our Southern manhood. After
the war he gave himself whole-heartedly to the instruction
of youth and to healing the wounds of the South, with
not thought of self... the distinguished Christian soldier,
rightly named the 'Chevalier Bayard of the Southern Confederacy.'
" -Mrs. Eleanor G. Kirby, Sewanee, Tenn., Historian
General Tennessee Division U.D.C., Confederate Veteran,
September, 1924
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General Kirby-Smith in fraternity house,
THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE SOUTH,
Sewanee, Tennessee, 2004.
General Kirby-Smith in fraternity house, Sewanee,
1918.
General Edmund Kirby-Smith, Jessie Ball duPont Library,
THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE SOUTH.
"General Kirby-Smith, last Confederate
general to surrender in the Civil War, was once
a mathematics professor at Sewanee. This monument
stands on the campus in front of the Sigma Nu
House. His son and grandson ar both on the administrative
staff." - LIFE, Vol 9, No.17, October
21, 1940 |
The Kirby-Smith Monument, University Avenue,
THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE SOUTH.
EDMUND KIRBY-SMITH
1824 - 1893
West Point - 1845
Twice Breveted Mexican War - 1848
Brigadier General C. S. A. - 1861
General C.S.A. - 1864
Professor, Sewanee, 1875 -1893
THIS MEMORIAL
ERECTED BY
UNITED DAUGHTERS
OF THE CONFEDERACY
TENNESSEE DIVISION
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The Truth and Herald, "Franklin County’s
Newspaper," Winchester, TN, May 23,
1940:
KIRBY-SMITH MEMORIAL
UNVEILED
AT SEWANEE, MAY 16
Ceremonies Beautiful and Impressive
On Thursday, May 16, Sewanee was the scene of
an historic pageant, when at 2:30 p.m., the
ceremonies for the unveiling of the memorial
to General Edmund Kirby-Smith began.
This memorial was erected to the well-known
Confederate General by the Tennessee United
Daughters of the Confederacy. Landscaping and
beautifying have been under the direction of
Kirby-Smith Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy. The Memorial Committee in
charge of the event was: Mrs. Telfair Hodgson,
Mrs. Leon Kirby and Mrs. C. W. Underwood, Sr.,
of Sewanee. Out-of-town members of the committee
were Mrs. Joseph E. Johnston, of Cleveland,
and Mrs. Thomas Newbill, of Nashville.
A large crowd was in attendance, including several
state and national officers of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
The beautiful bronze plaque, which adorns the
front of the lovely sandstone monument, was
designed by Dr. Edward McCrady, Professor of
Biology at the University of the South, an artist
of considerable note.
Appropriate music was furnished throughout the
ceremonies by the band of the Sewanee Military
Academy. Color and beauty were also added to
the already strikingly lovely scene by the presence
of a whole corps of cadets, who flanked each
side of the triangular approach with military
splendor.
The program, which took place at the foot of
the monument, was as follows:
Reville by the Sewanee Military Academy Band;
Colors: Ephraim Kirby-Smith, Cadet John Guerry,
Cadet Jim Johnson; Invocation, Rt. Rev. James
Craik Morris, D. D.; Address of Welcome, Rt.
Rev. Henry Mikell, D. D.; Song, "Lorena,"
the University Choir; Address, "General
Kirby-Smith," Major William H. MacKellar;
Unveiling of Medallion of General Kirby-Smith
by granddaughters of General Kirby-Smith, Miss
Ellen Kirby-Smith, Miss Selden Kirby-Smith,
and great-grandchildren of General Kirby-Smith,
Elisabeth Benet, Henry Tompkins Kirby-Smith;
Presentation of Memorial, Mrs. Telfair Hodgson,
Chairman, Committee on Kirby-Smith Memorial;
Address, "A Dream Come True," Mrs.
Robert Bachman, president, Tennessee Division,
U. D. C.; Acceptance of Memorial, Dr. Alexander
Guerry, Vice-Chancellor, the University of the
South; Alma Mater, the University Choir; Benediction;
Taps.
Following the ceremonies, Dr. and Mrs. Alexander
Guerry entertained at tea and a large number
of residents and out-of-town guests enjoyed
their hospitality. |
May 5, 1939.
Corner of University and Texas Avenues.
(Construction begun or completed date?) |
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| Anti- Kirby-Smith:
"Before our fist day in Montgomery we
climbed the steps of the Alabama capital building
and stood where both MLK and Jefferson Davis
had both famously stood. It was exhilarating
to stand in the place where King had delivered
his famous speech to those with whom he had
marched from Selma. But again, I felt conflicted
standing in the place where Jeff Davis had been
sworn in as President of the Confederate States
of America. I could not share my fellow pilgrim’s
disbelief and disgust that Davis was still so
revered that he is honored with a statue on
the capital grounds. While others described
him as a treasonous traitor, I reflected on
the place he, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate
leaders occupied in the minds of many Southerners.
To some he certainly remains a great hero. More
thoughtful Southerners perhaps see him as a
flawed, but true southern patriot. To more “reconstructed”
Southerners he has no doubt become an embarrassment.
There are many statues like this at Sewanee
and one beloved fraternity tradition involved
marching from the house to the Kirby-Smith (last
Confederate general to surrender and Sewanee
founding* father) Memorial on which we climbed
and at which we shouted fraternity cheers. What
does it mean that highly educated students in
the 21st century participate in rituals such
as this? Why do so many thoughtful, otherwise
decent, Christian southerners cling so tightly
to people and to a history tainted with an evil
they would never themselves embrace or condone?"
-Justin Gabbard, "Civil Rights Pilgrimage:
Personal Responses," guide and youth director
at Christ Church Cathedral, The Episcopal Diocese
of Southern Ohio, http://www.episcopal-dso.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=225,
viewed 4/17/05
(*Correction- should read "early sustainer,"
and not "founding father.") |
"General Kirby-Smith's daughters live on campus
in Powhatan Hall, a 'paying guest'
house run by Miss Lydia (left) for students' visitors
and girls. Confederate flag hangs
in living room. Either will fight the Civil War all
over again at the drop of
a hat." -LIFE, Vol 9, No.17, October
21, 1940
"The state flags in
both the north and south isles were placed in
the Chapel through the efforts of the Kirby-Smith
Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy,
and represent the states in which are the dioceses
which control the University." -All Saints'
Chapel booklet, circa 1939 |
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General Edmund Kirby-Smith in the "Founding
of Sewanee Review" Narthex widows, All
Saints' Chapel, THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE SOUTH.
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Given to the Glory of God and In Loving Memory
Edmund Kirby-Smith, Generals C.S.A., 1824 - 1893
By his son Reynold Marvin Kirby-Smith, 1875 - 1962
Engraved inscription underneath the "Founding
of Sewanee Review" window.
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In Memoriam
General Edmund Kirby-Smith
Lay Reader in This Parish
1824 - 1893
Plaque at Otey Parish Episcopal Church on the
Domain of THE UNIVERISTY
OF THE SOUTH.
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"General
Kirby-Smith's Punch at Sewanee, Tennessee: Take
a gallon of strong green tea, put in a quart bottle
of champagne, whiskey, brandy, a quart of claret, a
little jamaica rum, sugar to taste and lemon and orange
juice." -Compliments of Mr. Michael Scott
Alexander Smith, Spring Hill, Tennessee |
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General Edmund Kirby-Smith, C.S.A.,
representing the State of Florida in the National Statuary
Hall Collection, Hall of Columns, United States Capitol Complex,
Washington, D.C. |
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Generals of the Confederate Army, including Kirby-Smith.
Johnston and Hood were both baptized by
Bishop-General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A., while he was
Chancellor of THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE SOUTH during
the Atlanta Campaign.
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General Edmund Kirby-Smith and family, Sewanee, Tennessee.
General Edmund
Kirby-Smith, Professor of Mathematics,
THE UNIVERISITY OF THE
SOUTH, Sewanee, Tennessee.
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Grave monument of
General Edmund Kirby-Smith, C.S.A.,
University Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee.
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Shreveport Sesquicentennial Commission historical marker, Shreveport,
Louisiana-
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GEN. E. KIRBY
SMITH
RESIDENCE
912 Commerce Street, 80 feet
south of this corner, sit of
Benjamin L. Hodge home, where
Gen. Smith lived 1863-65 while
Commandeer of Trans-Miss. Dept.
CSA. Built 1848, demolished 1960.
Originally home of La. Supreme
Court Judge Thomas T. Land. |
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Kirby-Smith Hall,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
General Kirby-Smith statue, St. Augustine, Florida.
General Kirby-Smith and Brigadier-General
Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr.:
Georgia Historical Commission marker 011-20 (1985), Rose Hill Cemetery,
Macon, Georgia-
Brigadier-General Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr., C.S.A.;
fought in the Battle of Shiloh while on the same battlefield
Major-General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A., commanded the First
Corps; Army of Mississippi commanded by General Albert Sidney
Johnston, C.S.A., and General Pierre Gustave Tutant Beauregard,
C.S.A.
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GENERAL EDWARD DORR
TRACY, JR.
1833-1863
Edward D. Tracy, Jr., was born in Macon, Georgia,
on Nov. 5, 1833. His father served as Macon's second Mayor
(1826-1828), a Judge of Superior Court, and hosted General
Lafayette during his visit to Macon in 1825. The younger Tracy
graduated from the University of Georgia in 1851, studied
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1853. He was a member
and deacon of First Presbyterian Church, and Macon Lodge No.
5, F.&A.M. In 1857, Tracy moved to Huntsville, Alabama.
He was a Delegate to the 1860 Democratic national Convention,
and an Alternate elector for John C. Breckinridge in Alabama.
In April, 1861, Tracy was commissioned a Captain in the 4th
Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. He fought in the battles of First
Manassas, Farmington, Shiloh and Vicksburg. He was rapidly
promoted and on recommendation of General E. Kirby Smith,
Tracy was promoted from Lt. Colonel to Brig. General on August
16, 1862. On May 1, 1863, leading his brigade of Georgians
and Alabamians, General Tracy was killed at Port Gibson, Mississippi.
His body was returned to Macon and buried here. His brother,
Major Philemon Tracy, Editor of the "Macon Telegraph,"
was killed September 3, 1862 at Sharpesburg, Maryland.
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Port Gibson, Mississippi- Courthouse
and Confederate monument. |
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| Brigadier-General
Ellison Capers, C.S.A. |
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(South
Carolina Military Academy graduate; regiment bombarded Fort Sumter;
fought at Chickamauga Confederate victory, as did Leonidas Polk;
commander of General States Rights Gist's Brigade after Franklin,
then Bishop of South Carolina and Chaplain General of the United
Confederate Veterans and seventh Chancellor of the University creator
of the powerful Sewanee Metaphor: "...I have decided to return
to mint juleps.")
Plaque at the Reredos in All Saints' Chapel, THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH:
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DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA GIVES THIS FURNISHING OF ALL SAINTS’
CHAPEL TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF HER SEVENTH
BISHOP
ELLISON CAPERS
1837-1908
A BRIGADIER-GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERACY
AND SEVENTH CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY
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| Capers Hall at the Citadel, Charleston,
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Ellison Capers
Citadel Graduate 1857
Ellison Capers was born in Charleston,
South Carolina on October 14, 1837.
After graduating from the Citadel in 1857, Capers taught
mathematics and English literature at his alma mater.
In 1861, he entered the Confederate
Army
as a Major of the First South Carolina
Regiment of Rifles. After the bombardment of Fort Sumter,
Capers helped Clement H.
Stevens recruit the Twenty-fourth South
Carolina Infantry. Capers served with
distinction and was promoted to Brigadier
General in February 1865.
After the war, Capers entered the Episcopal
ministry. In 1893, he was elected Assistant
Bishop of South Carolina by the Diocesan
Convention. Active in veterans' affairs,
Capers was Chaplain General of the United Confederate
Veterans. He died in
Columbia, South Carolina in 1908.
Capers Hall is named for Ellison and
his brother Francis Capers.
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Accompanying portrait and plaque in Capers Hall:
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Francis Capers was born in Savannah, Georgia
on August 8, 1819. He graduated from the College of Charleston
in 1839. In 1843, he became a member of the original faculty,
at The Citadel as professor of mathematics. He resigned in
1848 to move to Kentucky, where he continued his career in
the field of education. In 1852, Capers was appointed Superintendent
of The Citadel. He held this position for seven years when
he resigned to
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Francis Withers Capers
Superintendent of The Citadel
1852 - 1859
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accept the command
of the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta. During the
Civil War, he was Brigadier General of the division of Georgia
troops. In 1867, Capers returned to his alma mater, the College
of Charleston, as professor of mathematics. He died in Charleston
in 1892.
Capers Hall is named for Francis and his brother
Ellison Capers.
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"Some schools, like Washington
and Lee University and The Citadel, have maintained a strong
emphasis on Confederate heritage while achieving a reputation for
academic excellence." Cameron McWhirter, "Colleges Suffer
Identity Crisis," Atlanta Journal Constitution, February
12, 2005
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"It was a small college, in wooded mountains, its
students drawn from the impoverished Episcopal gentry of the South, its
boarding houses and dormitories presided over by widows of bishops and
Confederate generals. Great Southern names were thick -Kirby-Smith,
Elliott, Quintard, Polk, Gorgas, Shoup, Gailor. The only things
it wasn't rich in were worldly goods, sociology, and science. A
place to be hopelessly sentimental about and to unfit one for anything
except the good life." -William
Alexander Percy, LANTERNS ON THE LEVEE,
in SEWANEE The University of the South, photography by William
Strode, 1984
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