DeSaussure, Wilmot G. (Wilmot Gibbes), 1822-1886

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.

From the description of Wilmot G. DeSaussure order-book, 1860-1861. WorldCat record id: 24773674

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