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Civil War Soldiers - Gilbert
| Gilbert, Charles C.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, March 1,
1822, and was graduated at the United States military academy in 1846.
He served in the war with Mexico at Vera Cruz, 1847-48, and in the
occupation of the Mexican capital, 1848. He was subsequently assistant
professor at the military academy, 1850-55, and was on the frontier in
Texas and the Indian territory from then until the outbreak of the
Civil war, being promoted in the meantime 1st lieutenant and captain.
He served in the southwest during the Civil war, was wounded at
Wilson's creek, Aug. 10, 1861; was appointed inspector-general of the
Department of the Cumberland, Sept. 20, 1861, and of the Army of the
Ohio in the field, Aug. 25, 1862. He was brevetted major for action at
Shiloh, April 7, 1862; lieutenant-colonel for services at the battle
of Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862, and was made brigadier-general of
volunteers, Sept. 9, 1862, for gallant conduct at Springfield, Mo.,
and Shiloh, Tenn. He became acting major-general in command of the
Army of Kentucky, was brevetted colonel in the regular army for
gallantry at Perryville on Oct. 8, 1862, and afterward, taking command
of the 10th division of the Army of the Ohio, guarded the Louisville &
Nashville railroad through the winter, when he became assistant to the
provost-marshal at Louisville until July 2, 1863. He was then
commissioned major in the 19th infantry and served at various forts
until Sept. 21, 1866, when he was transferred to the 28th infantry. He
was subsequently promoted lieutenant-colonel and colonel, and was
retired, March 1, 1886, by operation of law. Gen. Gilbert died Jan.
17, 1903. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Gilbert, James J., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Kentucky, about 1824, and at the time of
entering the National service, in the summer of 1862, was in business
in Lansing, Iowa. He was commissioned colonel of the 27th Iowa
volunteers and served with his regiment without special distinction,
and without seeing active service in battle, until the spring of 1864,
when he joined Gen. A. J. Smith for the Red River campaign. His
gallant conduct at Fort De Russy and throughout the whole campaign,
and before Nashville nearly a year later, won him promotion to
brigadier-general Feb. 9, 1865. On March 26, 1865, he was brevetted
major-general of volunteers for faithful and meritorious service
during the campaign against the city of Mobile and its defenses. Gen.
Gilbert was honorably mustered out of the service, Aug. 24, 1865. He
died Feb. 9, 1884.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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