Jeremy Francis Gilmer
Born: February 23, 1818
Birth Place: Guliford County, North Carolina
Father: Robert Shaw Gilmer Sr. 1770 – 1845
(Buried: Alamance Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina)
Mother: Anna Forbes 1786 – 1861
(Buried: Alamance Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina)
Wife: Louisa Frederica Alexander 1824 – 1895
(Buried: North Laurel Grover Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Children:
Louise Porter Gilmer Minis 1852 – 1921
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Henry H. Gilmer 1854 – 1919
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Education:
1839: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (4th in class)
Occupation before War:
1839 – 1845: 2nd Lt. in United States Army, Corps of Engineers
1839 – 1840: Assistant Engineering Professor at West Point
1845 – 1853: 1st Lt. in United States Army, Corps of Engineers
1853 – 1861: Captain in United States Army, Corps of Engineers
1861: Resigned from United States Army on June 29th
Civil War Career:
1861: Major in Confederate Army, Engineers
1862: Lt. Colonel & Chief Engineer to General Albert Sidney Johnston
1862: Severely Wounded during the battle of Shiloh
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General in Confederate Army Engineers
1862 – 1863: Chief Engineer for Department of Northern Virginia
1863 – 1865: Major General in Confederate Army Engineers
1863 – 1865: Chief of Confederate Bureau of Engineering
1863: Helped oversee the Defense of Charleston, South Carolina
1864: Helped improve the Defenses of Mobile, Alabama
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1883: President & Engineer of Savannah Gas Company
Director of Georgia Central Railroad Company
1873 – 1876: Trustee for Independent Presbyterian Church
Died: December 1, 1883
Place of Death: Savannah, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 65 years old
Cause of Death: Valvular disease of the heart
Burial Place: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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