Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-1890
Person
Major General Francis Henney Smith (b. 1812 d. 1890) was appointed VMI's first Superintendent in 1839. An 1833 graduate of West Point, he had previously served briefly in the U. S. Army and was a Professor of Mathematics at Hampden-Sydney College (VA) when he accepted the position as head of the newly established Virginia Military Institute. He served for fifty years, from the Institute's infancy, through the Civil War, and through the difficult post-war period. He is known as the "builder and rebuilder of VMI." Smith retired on January 1, 1890 and died only a few months later, on March 21, 1890.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Francis H. Smith - George W. Cullum Correspondence, 1865. Full Text Transcriptions [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll14/id/1019
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Francis H. Smith Armory Commission Letters, 1858-1860. Full Text Transcriptions. [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll14/id/640
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Francis H. Smith European Travel Letter Book, Volume 1, Transcription. [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll14/id/278
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Francis H. Smith European Travel Letter Book, Volume 2, Transcription. [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll14/id/403
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Francis H. Smith Letter, June 1864. Hunter's Raid on VMI. Full Text Transcription [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll14/id/1006
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Francis H. Smith Official Correspondence. Secession Crisis Letters, 1860-1861. Transcriptions. [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: RG02.01/Smith/Correspondence/Outgoing/Secession
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Francis H. Smith Outgoing Correspondence, 1864 May, Selected Letters. Full Text Transcriptions. [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll14/id/1013
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Francis H. Smith Outgoing Correspondence, July 1859-June 1860. Full Text Transcriptions [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: RG02.01/Smith/Correspondence/Outgoing/1859-1860/Transcriptions
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Introductory lecture read before the Corps of Cadets : on the resumption of the academic duties of the Virginia Military Institute, at the Alms House, Richmond, Va., December 28, 1864 / by Francis H. Smith. [Digital publication]
Digital Work
Identifier: introductorylect00smit
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
John T. L. Preston - Francis H. Smith Correspondence [digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1448
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
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