- Collection:
- Savannah Biographies
- Title:
- Jeremy Francis Gilmer
- Creator:
- Humphrey, William B.
- Date of Original:
- 1991-05-24
- Subject:
- Biography--Georgia--Savannah
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- biographies (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- On February 23, 1818, Jeremy Francis Gilmer was born. He went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He served in the United States Army from 1840 until 1861 when he resigned to join the Confederate States of America. He rose to the rank of Major General by the end of the War Between the States. After 1865, he became involved in many organizations in Savannah. He died at the age of 65 on December 1, 1883.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/80
- Additional Rights Information:
- This work is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
- Holding Institution:
- Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)
- Rights:
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