Abstract:
Appointed by President Jefferson Davis, this West Pointer from Indiana served under 11 Confederate commanding generals, as artillerist, engineer, and chief of staff. General Francis Asbury Shoup served ably and brilliantly at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and the Atlanta campaign for Hood’s Franklin and Nashville invasions. Stockades and artillery forts at Atlanta were named Shoupades, some of which are still standing. General Shoup advocated strongly for Negro troops. His life after the war is what you would expect from a sensitive and caring individual. Shoup became an Episcopal minister, teaching at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee.