Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883

Jeremy Francis Gilmer was born in 1818 and died in 1883 in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from West Point and was an engineer in the United States Army. Gilmer married Louise Frederika Alexander of Savannah in 1850. In 1861, he was appointed colonel in the Confederate States Army and Chief Engineer to Major General Albert Sidney Johnston. Gilmer was later appointed Major General, Chief Engineer of the Department of Northern Virginia and Chief Engineer of the War Department. He assisted in setting up defenses of Charleston, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. From 1867 until his death, he was president of Savannah Gas Light Company.

From the description of Jeremy Francis Gilmer letter, 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478010

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