| Birth: | Jul. 29, 1830 | | Death: | Dec. 2, 1875 | 
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. In 1851, he graduated from West Point, was commissioned an officer in the 1st US artillery and participated in the war against the Seminoles in Florida. When the Civil War erupted, he was assigned artillery quartermaster for the Army of the Ohio in the Tennessee Campaign, being engaged at Shiloh and in the Siege of Corinth. He was appointed Colonel Provost Marshal for the 10th Tennessee Volunteers in May 1862 and commanded a brigade in the Tennessee operations during the first half of 1863. In August 1863, he was promoted Brigadier General and commanded the troops guarding the Nashville and Northwestern railroad until August, 1864. In 1865, he commanded cavalry troops in east Tennessee, participated in the capture of Salisbury, North Carolina and was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers. After the war he remained in the Regular Army as a Colonel, commanded the District of Mississippi in 1867 and served on the Texas frontier. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Spouse:
Margaret A. Jones Gillem (1839 - 1878)*
Children:
Jennie J. Gillem Donnell (1859 - 1884)*
Alvin C Gillem (1865 - 1935)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Alvan Gillem | | | Burial:
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Nashville
Davidson County
Tennessee, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Oct 26, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 5894423 |
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To a member of my family. Thank you for your service to our country. Your family is very proud of you!
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Sharon Rogers-Fabris
Added: Nov. 11, 2012 |
Thank you for your most valued service to our country. May you rest in peace.
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Robert Saulino, Sr.
Added: Jul. 29, 2012 |
Thinking of you today and always. Thank you for your service to our country and your family will always be proud!
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Sharon Rogers-Fabris
Added: May. 28, 2012 |
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