Gilbert S. Meem
| Gilbert Simrall Meem | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 5, 1824 Abingdon, Virginia |
| Died | June 10, 1908 (aged 83) Seattle, Washington |
| Buried | Seattle, Washington |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
|
| Service/branch |
 Virginia militia
|
| Years of service | 1861–1862 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
|
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Gilbert Simrall Meem (October 5, 1824 – June 10, 1908) was a brigadier general in the Virginia militia, who served along with the Confederate States Army in northwestern Virginia at various times during 1861 and early 1862 in the American Civil War. Meem's men participated in Stonewall Jackson's attacks on the towns of Romney and Bath, later Berkeley Springs, now in West Virginia in early January 1862. After the brigade went into winter quarters in Martinsburg, now West Virginia, Meem resigned his commission on February 1, 1862, apparently under pressure. He served in the government in Shenandoah County, Virginia during the war.
Meem served two years in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1852 to 1854 and four years in the Virginia Senate between 1871 and 1875. He was a noted breeder of livestock before and after the war. In 1892, he moved to Seattle, Washington, where he was appointed postmaster by President Grover Cleveland.
Gilbert S. Meem was born in Abingdon, Virginia on October 5, 1824. His parents were John Gaw Meem, a Lynchburg, Virginia banker, and Eliza (Russell) Meem.
Gilbert Meem attended Edgehill Seminary, a prep school for Princeton University, but quit school to manage the Steenbergen estate near Mount Airy, Virginia, which his father had purchased in 1841. He became an accomplished lifestock breeder as well as a planter. He married Nannie Rose Garland, which resulted in future Confederate States Army Brigadier General Samuel Garland and Lieutenant General James Longstreet becoming relatives. Meem served in the Virginia House of Delegates as a Democrat in 1852–1854.
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