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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

William Gordon Gilbert

(1837 - 1921)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 18th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Enlisted as 1st Sergeant, Company D in May 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant January 1862; 2nd Lieutenant July 16, 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Elected 1st Lieutenant April 1863; Captain February 7, 1865. Captured at Harper's Farm, Virginia April 6, 1865. Released at Johnson's Island, Ohio June 18, 1865.

References & notes

Basic information from Ranger951.

Birth

04/07/1837; Wilkes County, GA

Death

08/07/1921; Garfield, GA; burial in Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, Garfield, GA

Notes

1 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/18th_inf_regt.html [AotW citation 9473]

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