Gilmer, Morgan S., 1847?-
Variant namesMorgan S. Gilmer was born in 1846. He was part of Shockley's Escort during the Civil War and was wounded in Lafayette, Georgia, on 24 June 1864. He rejoined his unit on 1 November 1864 and served until the end of the war. He returned to Montgomery, Alabama, and married Helen Barton in 1885. He died in 1916.
Gilmer's register of Shockley's Independent Escort Company was published by Woodruff Company, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1905. The unit itself was formed by University of Alabama students Branscom Shockley and Henry Burt in March 1864 during the Civil War.
From the guide to the Morgan Smith Gilmer papers MSS. 0571., 1954, (University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama)
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