DeSaussure, Wilmot G. (Wilmot Gibbes), 1822-1886
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Lieutenant Colonel Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure (1822-1886) of the 1st Artillery Regiment of the South Carolina Militia, which was later absorbed into the Army of the Confederate States of America, commanded Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, December 1860-January 1861, and artillery at Morris Island, March-April 1861, in the harbor of Charleston, S.C. He served in the South Carolina legislature, 1848-1864.
Charleston, South Carolina researcher.
Charleston, South Carolina lawyer.
Charleston, South Carolina attorney, South Carolina state legislator, author, and soldier. Wilmot G. DeSaussure was a member of the Board of Harbor Commissioners.
Charleston, S.C. attorney.
Charleston, S.C. attorney, politician, and C.S.A. officer. He was the son of Henry Alexander DeSaussure (1788-1865), and the grandson of Henry William DeSaussure (1763-1839) and Eliza Ford.
Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure was born on 23 July 1822 in Charleston, S.C., the son of Henry William DeSaussure, who was a lawyer, director of the United States Mint, and chancellor of South Carolina. Wilmot G. DeSaussure was a lieutenant colonel in the 1st Artillery Regiment of the South Carolina Militia, which was later absorbed into the Army of the Confederate States of America. DeSaussure commanded Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, December 1860-January 1861, and artillery at Morris Island, March-April 1861, in the Charleston harbor.
DeSaussure was a member of the South Carolina legislature, 1848-1864. On 4 July 1876, he was elected the tenth president of the Society of Cincinnati (his father had been the eighth president) in Charleston. Like the other nine presidents of the Society before him, DeSaussure held this office until his death.
DeSaussure died in Florida, where he had been taken for his health, on 1 February 1886. His remains were returned to Charleston and, after a funeral service at St. Philip's Church, were interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
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Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
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