Jeremy Francis Gilmer
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Major-General Jeremy Francis Gilmer |
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| Born |
March 23, 1818 Guilford County, North Carolina |
| Died | December 1, 1883 (aged 65) Savannah, Georgia |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1839–1861 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Captain (USA) Major General (CSA) |
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| Other work | President of Savannah Gas Company Director and engineer of Georgia Central Railroad |
Jeremy Francis Gilmer (February 23, 1818 – December 1, 1883) was an American soldier, mapmaker, and civil engineer most noted for his service as the Chief Engineer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. As a major general, he oversaw the planning of the elaborate defenses of the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
Gilmer was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on February 23, 1818. He entered the army corps of engineers as a second lieutenant upon his graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York on July 1, 1839. He ranked fourth in a graduating class that included future fellow Civil War generals Halleck, Canby, Hunt, and Ord. He was an assistant professor of engineering at West Point until June 1840, when he was reassigned to New York City where he was assistant engineer in the construction of Fort Schuyler in New York Harbor.
Gilmer served in the Mexican War as Chief Engineer of the Army of the West in the New Mexico Territory and helped design and construct Fort Marcy in Santa Fe. He also surveyed battlefields near Mexico City.
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