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  • Francis Henney Smith
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  • Francis Henney Smith (October 18, 1812–March 21, 1890) was an American military officer, mathematician and educator. After graduating from West Point and a brief service in the United States Army, he became the first Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute on its establishment in 1839, and held that post until shortly before his death. His superintendency included the four years of the American Civil War, during which he served as a major general in the Virginia militia and a colonel in the Confederate States Army.
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serviceyears
  • 1833
  • 1861
Birth Date
  • 1812-10-18
Commands
  • 35
Branch
death place
  • Lexington, Virginia
Name
  • Francis Henney Smith
Caption
  • Francis Henney Smith monument at V.M.I.
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Norfolk, Virginia
death date
  • 1890-03-21
Rank
Allegiance
  • United States of America
  • Confederate States of America
Battles
laterwork
  • Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute
placeofburial
abstract
  • Francis Henney Smith (October 18, 1812–March 21, 1890) was an American military officer, mathematician and educator. After graduating from West Point and a brief service in the United States Army, he became the first Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute on its establishment in 1839, and held that post until shortly before his death. His superintendency included the four years of the American Civil War, during which he served as a major general in the Virginia militia and a colonel in the Confederate States Army.