Civil War: Company E and B, 1st California Cavalry
Manley (sic, Manly) B. Gilman was the son of Zebulon Gilman, Jr. (Nov. 19, 1793, Waterville, ME-Oct. 23, 1850, Jay, ME) and Eliza Beth Chandler (Sep. 28, 1794, Athens, ME-Mar. 31, 1873, Jay, ME). At 17 he went to work for the Pacific Mills corporation at Lowell, Massachusetts. Three years later he boarded a ship bound for San Francisco, California. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private for 3 years at San Francisco on August 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 1st California Cavalry, at the Presidio of San Francisco August 15. Private Gilman was transferred to Company B, same regiment, September 13, 1861. Private Gilman accompanied his regiment across the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to Tucson, where he arrived in May 1862. He was posted to Fort Union, New Mexico Territory, where he was mustered out August 29, 1864 (Orton, pp. 102, 126). While awaiting his discharge papers and final pay, he was shot in the hip and hospitalized at Fort Union. Upon his release from the hospital the following year Manly filed for a veteran's disability pension August 31, 1865, and received application No. 86,028 and certificate No. 688,276. Manly B. Gilman then relocated to Kansas where he was employed as an army scout at Fort Dodge. His employment was terminated in April 1869 following the disappearance of several army mules from the herd at Fort Hays. Manly and another scout, John Stitt, were charged with the crime. Manly and Stitt were tried in the U.S. District Court at Topeka, Kansas, in May 1870. Manly was found guilty and sentenced to four years in Leavenworth penitentiary, James Stitt was acquitted.* After leaving prison he remained in Kansas (1870, 1880 US Census). Sometime in late 1897 or early 1898 he married Mrs. Cora Arwell (born Nov. 18, 1848, New Brunswick, Canada). Manly and Cora appear as residents at Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, in June 1900 (US Census). Manly B. Gilman was a 72-year-old farmer living alone in Lincoln Township, Blaine County, Oklahoma, in 1910 (1910 US Census), and according to his pension records that is also where he died. So, how did he come to be buried in Cochise County, Arizona?
*United States vs. Manly B. Gilman and James Stitt for Larceny and Misappropriation of U.S. Property, Case No. 828, U.S. District Court, Topeka, Kansas; General Services Administration, Federal Records Center, Kansas City, Missouri.
(See: Drees, James David, "The Army and the Horse Thieves," Kansas History; volume 11, number 1, Spring 1988; p. 40n25.)
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Children:
- (step) Charles Arwell (Aug. 10, 1881, IL)
(biography prepared by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War)
Manley (sic, Manly) B. Gilman was the son of Zebulon Gilman, Jr. (Nov. 19, 1793, Waterville, ME-Oct. 23, 1850, Jay, ME) and Eliza Beth Chandler (Sep. 28, 1794, Athens, ME-Mar. 31, 1873, Jay, ME). At 17 he went to work for the Pacific Mills corporation at Lowell, Massachusetts. Three years later he boarded a ship bound for San Francisco, California. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private for 3 years at San Francisco on August 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 1st California Cavalry, at the Presidio of San Francisco August 15. Private Gilman was transferred to Company B, same regiment, September 13, 1861. Private Gilman accompanied his regiment across the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to Tucson, where he arrived in May 1862. He was posted to Fort Union, New Mexico Territory, where he was mustered out August 29, 1864 (Orton, pp. 102, 126). While awaiting his discharge papers and final pay, he was shot in the hip and hospitalized at Fort Union. Upon his release from the hospital the following year Manly filed for a veteran's disability pension August 31, 1865, and received application No. 86,028 and certificate No. 688,276. Manly B. Gilman then relocated to Kansas where he was employed as an army scout at Fort Dodge. His employment was terminated in April 1869 following the disappearance of several army mules from the herd at Fort Hays. Manly and another scout, John Stitt, were charged with the crime. Manly and Stitt were tried in the U.S. District Court at Topeka, Kansas, in May 1870. Manly was found guilty and sentenced to four years in Leavenworth penitentiary, James Stitt was acquitted.* After leaving prison he remained in Kansas (1870, 1880 US Census). Sometime in late 1897 or early 1898 he married Mrs. Cora Arwell (born Nov. 18, 1848, New Brunswick, Canada). Manly and Cora appear as residents at Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, in June 1900 (US Census). Manly B. Gilman was a 72-year-old farmer living alone in Lincoln Township, Blaine County, Oklahoma, in 1910 (1910 US Census), and according to his pension records that is also where he died. So, how did he come to be buried in Cochise County, Arizona?
*United States vs. Manly B. Gilman and James Stitt for Larceny and Misappropriation of U.S. Property, Case No. 828, U.S. District Court, Topeka, Kansas; General Services Administration, Federal Records Center, Kansas City, Missouri.
(See: Drees, James David, "The Army and the Horse Thieves," Kansas History; volume 11, number 1, Spring 1988; p. 40n25.)
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Children:
- (step) Charles Arwell (Aug. 10, 1881, IL)
(biography prepared by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War)
Civil War: Company E and B, 1st California Cavalry
Manley (sic, Manly) B. Gilman was the son of Zebulon Gilman, Jr. (Nov. 19, 1793, Waterville, ME-Oct. 23, 1850, Jay, ME) and Eliza Beth Chandler (Sep. 28, 1794, Athens, ME-Mar. 31, 1873, Jay, ME). At 17 he went to work for the Pacific Mills corporation at Lowell, Massachusetts. Three years later he boarded a ship bound for San Francisco, California. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private for 3 years at San Francisco on August 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 1st California Cavalry, at the Presidio of San Francisco August 15. Private Gilman was transferred to Company B, same regiment, September 13, 1861. Private Gilman accompanied his regiment across the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to Tucson, where he arrived in May 1862. He was posted to Fort Union, New Mexico Territory, where he was mustered out August 29, 1864 (Orton, pp. 102, 126). While awaiting his discharge papers and final pay, he was shot in the hip and hospitalized at Fort Union. Upon his release from the hospital the following year Manly filed for a veteran's disability pension August 31, 1865, and received application No. 86,028 and certificate No. 688,276. Manly B. Gilman then relocated to Kansas where he was employed as an army scout at Fort Dodge. His employment was terminated in April 1869 following the disappearance of several army mules from the herd at Fort Hays. Manly and another scout, John Stitt, were charged with the crime. Manly and Stitt were tried in the U.S. District Court at Topeka, Kansas, in May 1870. Manly was found guilty and sentenced to four years in Leavenworth penitentiary, James Stitt was acquitted.* After leaving prison he remained in Kansas (1870, 1880 US Census). Sometime in late 1897 or early 1898 he married Mrs. Cora Arwell (born Nov. 18, 1848, New Brunswick, Canada). Manly and Cora appear as residents at Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, in June 1900 (US Census). Manly B. Gilman was a 72-year-old farmer living alone in Lincoln Township, Blaine County, Oklahoma, in 1910 (1910 US Census), and according to his pension records that is also where he died. So, how did he come to be buried in Cochise County, Arizona?
*United States vs. Manly B. Gilman and James Stitt for Larceny and Misappropriation of U.S. Property, Case No. 828, U.S. District Court, Topeka, Kansas; General Services Administration, Federal Records Center, Kansas City, Missouri.
(See: Drees, James David, "The Army and the Horse Thieves," Kansas History; volume 11, number 1, Spring 1988; p. 40n25.)
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Children:
- (step) Charles Arwell (Aug. 10, 1881, IL)
(biography prepared by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War)
Manley (sic, Manly) B. Gilman was the son of Zebulon Gilman, Jr. (Nov. 19, 1793, Waterville, ME-Oct. 23, 1850, Jay, ME) and Eliza Beth Chandler (Sep. 28, 1794, Athens, ME-Mar. 31, 1873, Jay, ME). At 17 he went to work for the Pacific Mills corporation at Lowell, Massachusetts. Three years later he boarded a ship bound for San Francisco, California. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private for 3 years at San Francisco on August 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 1st California Cavalry, at the Presidio of San Francisco August 15. Private Gilman was transferred to Company B, same regiment, September 13, 1861. Private Gilman accompanied his regiment across the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to Tucson, where he arrived in May 1862. He was posted to Fort Union, New Mexico Territory, where he was mustered out August 29, 1864 (Orton, pp. 102, 126). While awaiting his discharge papers and final pay, he was shot in the hip and hospitalized at Fort Union. Upon his release from the hospital the following year Manly filed for a veteran's disability pension August 31, 1865, and received application No. 86,028 and certificate No. 688,276. Manly B. Gilman then relocated to Kansas where he was employed as an army scout at Fort Dodge. His employment was terminated in April 1869 following the disappearance of several army mules from the herd at Fort Hays. Manly and another scout, John Stitt, were charged with the crime. Manly and Stitt were tried in the U.S. District Court at Topeka, Kansas, in May 1870. Manly was found guilty and sentenced to four years in Leavenworth penitentiary, James Stitt was acquitted.* After leaving prison he remained in Kansas (1870, 1880 US Census). Sometime in late 1897 or early 1898 he married Mrs. Cora Arwell (born Nov. 18, 1848, New Brunswick, Canada). Manly and Cora appear as residents at Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, in June 1900 (US Census). Manly B. Gilman was a 72-year-old farmer living alone in Lincoln Township, Blaine County, Oklahoma, in 1910 (1910 US Census), and according to his pension records that is also where he died. So, how did he come to be buried in Cochise County, Arizona?
*United States vs. Manly B. Gilman and James Stitt for Larceny and Misappropriation of U.S. Property, Case No. 828, U.S. District Court, Topeka, Kansas; General Services Administration, Federal Records Center, Kansas City, Missouri.
(See: Drees, James David, "The Army and the Horse Thieves," Kansas History; volume 11, number 1, Spring 1988; p. 40n25.)
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Children:
- (step) Charles Arwell (Aug. 10, 1881, IL)
(biography prepared by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War)
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MANLEY [sic, MANLY] B. GILMAN
CO. B, 1 CALIF. VOLUNTEERS. [sic, CAVALRY]
INDIAN WARS [sic, CIVIL WAR]
1826 [sic, 1837] - 1916
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