Civil War Union Army Officer. He was mustered in as Captain and commander of Company H, 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on September 19, 1861. Promoted to Major of the unit on July 28, 1863, he commanded the 48th Pennsylvania during the November-December 1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee.
During the unit's participation in the Spring 1864 Overland Campaign in Virginia, he was wounded by a sharpshooter in the left leg while the regiment was digging rifle pits near Cold Harbor, Virginia on May 31, 1864. The leg was amputated that day, and he lingered until he died of his wounds at the Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, Washington, DC on June 9, 1864.
During the unit's participation in the Spring 1864 Overland Campaign in Virginia, he was wounded by a sharpshooter in the left leg while the regiment was digging rifle pits near Cold Harbor, Virginia on May 31, 1864. The leg was amputated that day, and he lingered until he died of his wounds at the Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, Washington, DC on June 9, 1864.
Civil War Union Army Officer. He was mustered in as Captain and commander of Company H, 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on September 19, 1861. Promoted to Major of the unit on July 28, 1863, he commanded the 48th Pennsylvania during the November-December 1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee.
During the unit's participation in the Spring 1864 Overland Campaign in Virginia, he was wounded by a sharpshooter in the left leg while the regiment was digging rifle pits near Cold Harbor, Virginia on May 31, 1864. The leg was amputated that day, and he lingered until he died of his wounds at the Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, Washington, DC on June 9, 1864.
During the unit's participation in the Spring 1864 Overland Campaign in Virginia, he was wounded by a sharpshooter in the left leg while the regiment was digging rifle pits near Cold Harbor, Virginia on May 31, 1864. The leg was amputated that day, and he lingered until he died of his wounds at the Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, Washington, DC on June 9, 1864.
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IN MEMORY OF
MAJOR
48th REGT. PENNA. VOLUNTEERS
SON OF ANDREW & JANE GILMOUR
FELL IN BATTLE FOR HIS COUNTRY NEAR COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA
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