Plan of fort & block house constructed at Santa Fé.-Texas. Pursuant to the order of Brig. Gen. Kearny by Lt. Gilmer, Corps of Engs., 1846. Drawn from photostatic copy of original by Clem Chavez. [1941]

Chavez, Clemente

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Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848

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Army officer. From the description of Proclamation of Stephen Watts Kearny, 1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423835 Army officer; Kearny became a Brigadier General in 1846, and was assigned to command the Army of the West in the Mexican War. He led his men to Santa Fe which was entered without opposition and served as military governor of New Mexico for a month until a civil government was organized. From the description of Kearny proclamation, 1846 Aug. 22...

Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883

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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 setti...