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Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883 (43)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp5f85 (person)

General and Chief of Ordnance for the Confederate States Army; later, president of the University of Alabama. Born in Dauphin County, Pa., Josiah Gorgas graduated from West Point in 1841 and was assigned to the ordnance corps. He served in the Mexican-American War and was promoted to captain in 1855. In 1853, he married Amelia Gayle, daughter of former Alabama governor John Gayle. At the beginning of the Civil War, Gorgas followed his wife into secession, moving to Richm...

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Gorgas, Josiah. (1)

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Col. Josiah Gorgas (1)

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Gorgas, Josiah, 1841-1883 (1)

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Gorgas, Josiah, 1881-1883. (1)

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