Gilmer family papers, 1878-1881.

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Gilmer family papers, 1878-1881.

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This collection contains three photographs and two letters from members of the Gilmer family from 1878 to 1881. The photographs are of Jeremy F. Gilmer; his wife, Louisa Frederika Alexander; and one of their summer home in Clarkesville, Georgia. The letters are both written by Jeremy F. Gilmer and are addressed to Nannie Hutchinson of Savannah, Georgia.

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Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7780692

Georgia Historical Society

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Gilmer, Louisa Frederika Alexander, 1824-1895.

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Gilmer family.

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The Gilmer family resided in Savannah, Georgia. Jeremy Francis Gilmer (1818-1883) was born in Savannah, Georgia and married Louisa Frederika Alexander, also of Savannah, in 1850. He was a graduate of West Point and was an engineer in the U.S. Army until the Civil War broke out and he was appointed a colonel in the Confederate States Army and was the Chief Engineer to Major General Albert Sidney Johnston. Gilmer was later appointed to Major General, Chief Engineer of the War Department and assist...

Dawson, Nannie C. Hutchinson.

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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...