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Collection Number: 00276

Collection Title: Jeremy Francis Gilmer Papers, 1839-1894

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Size 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,550 items)
Abstract Jeremy Francis Gilmer (1818-1883) was a United States Army Engineer, 1839-1861, and Confederate Chief of Engineers. Personal and military papers of Gilmer include a series of official army papers, 1851-1859, relating to the construction of fortifications on the Georgia and Florida coast; a diary, 1841-1842, at Fort Schuyler, N.Y.; letters, 1861-1864, from Gilmer to his wife Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, and other Civil War papers; a Confederate order book, 1863-1864, at headquarters, military district of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina; family correspondence with Lawton, Alexander, and Porter relatives in Georgia, including letters received by wife and daughter Louisa Porter Gilmer; and extensive group of Civil War maps, including both manuscript maps and printed maps with manuscript annotations and engineers' drawings of military construction.
Creator Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883.
Curatorial Unit Southern Historical Collection
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Jeremy Francis Gilmer Papers #276, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Digitized versions of 162 maps and drawings from Series 5 of the Jeremy Francis Gilmer Papers.
All or part of this collection available on microfilm.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mary Haskell Minis before 1940; addition of 7 May 1843 letter from Conway Barker of La Marque, Tex., May 1969; addition of 1846 Santa Fe map (facsimile) from John W. Reps of Ithaca, N.Y., May 1974; addition of 5 September 1853 letter from Julia Sweet Newman of Battle, Mich., February 1989; addition of 1864 telegraph from B & L Rootenberg, November 2006.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Processed by: Tim Pyatt, Lynn Pritcher, October 1996, June 1997

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, May 2005

Updated by Margaret Dickson because of addition, July 2007; Nancy Kaiser, October 2020; Dawne Howard Lucas, March 2021

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Jeremy Francis Gilmer was born in Guilford County, N.C., on 23 February 1818. He entered the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant of Engineers in July 1839 after graduating from the United States Military Academy. He continued as an United States Army Engineer, constructing fortifications and conducting surveys until 1861, when he resigned in support of the southern cause. In September 1861, Gilmer was appointed Major of Engineers in the Confederate States of America Army and served as Chief Engineer of the staff of General A. S. Johnston until the general's death at the battle of Shiloh on 6 April 1862, where Gilmer was also severely wounded.

After his recovery, Gilmer served for a short time with the Army of Northern Virginia. On 9 August 1862, he was assigned to the Office of Chief of Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va., and promoted to the rank of Colonel of Engineers. Promoted to Major General on 20 August 1863, Gilmer was ordered to Charleston, S.C., to direct the defense of the city. He returned to Richmond in June 1864, where he directed the Engineer Bureau until the end of the War. In the fall of 1865, Gilmer was elected a director of the Georgia Central Railroad and later served as president pro tem. In 1866, he was elected president of the Savannah Gas-Light Company, an office he held along with director, Georgia Central Railroad, until his death on 1 December 1883.

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Personal and military papers of military engineer Jeremy Francis Gilmer of Guilford County, N.C., include a series of official army papers, 1851-1859, relating to the construction of fortifications on the Georgia and Florida coast; a diary, 1841-1842, at Fort Schuyler, N.Y.; letters, 1861-1864, from Gilmer to his wife Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, and other Civil War papers; a Confederate order book, 1863-1864, at headquarters, military district of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina; family correspondence with Lawton, Alexander, and Porter relatives in Georgia, including letters received by wife and daughter Louisa Porter Gilmer; and 158 Civil War maps, including both manuscript maps and printed maps with manuscript annotations and engineers' drawings of military construction.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Antebellum Personal Papers, 1839-1858.

About 30 items.

Arrangement: roughly chronological.

Folder 1

Letters, 1839-1849

Folder 2a

Diary, 8 August 1841-9 July 1842

Folder 2b

Letters, 1850-1854

Folder 3a

Letters, 1855-1860

Folder 3b

Account book, 1858

Folder 3c

Check book, 1858

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About 1,050 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Primarily applications and rosters for the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Folder 4

1851

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/1

Payroll, Fort Pulaski, July 1851

Folder 5

1852

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/1

Payroll, Fort Jackson, January 1852

Folder 6-7

Folder 6

Folder 7

1853

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/1

Payroll, near the Savannah River, July 1853

Folder 8

1854

Folder 9-13

Folder 9

Folder 10

Folder 11

Folder 12

Folder 13

1855

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/1

Payroll, Fort Clinch, Fort Jackson, Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, July 1855-December 1855

Treasury Account, 1855

Folder 14-21

Folder 14

Folder 15

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Folder 19

Folder 20

Folder 21

1856

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/2

Payroll, Fort Jackson, Fort Pulaski, Fort Clinch, Savannah River 1856

Account of J. F. Gilmer with assistant treasurer, New York, September 1855-July 1856

Folder 22-30

Folder 22

Folder 23

Folder 24

Folder 25

Folder 26

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

1857

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/3

Account of J. F. Gilmer with assistant treasurer, New York, July 1856-September 1857

Abstract, Lighthouse Establishment, October 1857-January 1858

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/3-4

XOPF-276/3

XOPF-276/4

Payroll, Fort Jackson, Fort Pulaski, Fort Clinch, Savannah River, 1857

Folder 31-38

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Folder 38

1858

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/4

Abstract, Savannah River, March 1858

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/4-5

XOPF-276/4

XOPF-276/5

Abstract, Lighthouse Establishment, January 1858-July 1858

XOPF-276/4

XOPF-276/5

Payroll, Fort Jackson, Fort Pulaski, Fort Clinch, Savannah River, January 1858-July 1858

Folder 39

1859

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About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Primarily correspondence and notes with exceptions noted.

Folder 40

1861

Folder 41-42

Folder 41

Folder 42

1862

Folder 43a

Volume of maps and notes, 1862

Folder 43b

1863

Folder 44a

1864

Folder 44b

Order book, 1864

Folder 45

1865

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/6a

Clipping from Daily Constitutionalist, Augusta, Ga., 17 April 1864

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 4. Post-War Papers, 1866-1895 and undated.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Primarily correspondence.

Folder 46

1866-1879

Folder 47

1880-1884

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/6a

Cemetery deed

Folder 48

1885-1889

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/6a

Passport of L. P. Gilmer

Folder 49

1890-1895

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/6a

Land grant to J. F. Gilmer

Folder 50

Undated

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/6a

Undated calculation of finances

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 5. Maps and Plans, 1828-1865 and undated.

166 items.

Digitized versions of 162 maps and drawings from Series 5 of the Jeremy Francis Gilmer Papers

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Descriptive information comes directly from the maps or has been created from information on the maps.

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Gilmer Map Number 90: Topographical map of the vicinity of the Grand Rapids Red River, 1864 (17-3/8" x 22-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/188

Gilmer Map Number 91: Coast of Texas and its defences, 1864, Brownsville to Sabine City, cloth map (26-3/8" x 49-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/189

Gilmer Map Number 97: Eastern portion of Galveston Island and its defences, cloth map (29-5/8" x 47-7/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/190

Gilmer Map Number 141: Obstruction: Galveston Harbour Main Channel (15-5/8" x 22-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/191

Gilmer Map Number 144a: Obstruction between Pelican Island and the Main Island (9-3/4" x 17-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/192

Gilmer Map Number 144b: Letter C: Proposed casemate at Fort Point and Channel Markings for Gulf of Mexico in that area (21-3/8" x 33-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/193

Gilmer Map Number 144c: Letter D: Detailed drawings of casemate, circa 1865 (9-1/4" x 14-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/194

Gilmer Map Number 177: Environs of Shreveport and its defences, 1864 (23-1/4" x 26-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 179: Environs of Dooley's Ferry, Ark., 1864 (19-1/4" x 24")

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Gilmer Map Number 180: Vicinity of Fulton, Ark., 1864 (26-3/8" x 32-7/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 181A: Plan of the two gun battery at Fulton, Ark., 1864 (10-3/4" x 17-5/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 181B: Plan of the three gun battery at Fulton, Ark., 1864 (17-5/8" x 21-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 184: Camden and defences, Shreveport, 19 May 1864 (17-5/8" x 21-3/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 185: Approaches to Camden, Shreveport, 17 May 1864 (17-5/8" x 21-3/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 189: Mansfield, 8 April 1864, with enemy lines and division positions marked (7-7/8" x 12-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 192: Fort DeRussy and vicinity, (16-5/8" x 20-3/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 196: Fort DeRussy on Red River, La., 1864 (17-1/2" x 21-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 198A: Sketch of Red River obstruction at Shreveport defences, La. (12-7/8" x 15-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/205

Gilmer Map Number 198B: Red River obstruction at Shreveport, La., 1864 (12-7/8" x 15-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 199: Jenkins Ferry, 30 April 1864 (10-5/8" x 12-1/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 200: Pleasant Hill, 9 April 1864, photocopy (5" x 7-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 234: Fort on Pelican Spit (14" x 21-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 235: Redan on Oyster Creek (12-3/4" x 17-1/2")

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Gilmer Map Number 236: South Battery (15-1/4" x 21-5/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 237: Plan of Fort Bankhead (14" x 16-1/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 238: Fort Point (14-1/4" x 14-7/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 242: Fort Sabine (13-5/8" x 14-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 243: Fort Magruder (12-3/8" x 12-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 244: Plan of Fort Debray, Matagorda Island (12-1/2" x 14-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 245: (D.) Redoubt on Oyster Creek Road (8-7/8" x 12-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 246: Boat Bridge across East Union Canal (8-7/8" x 12-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 247: (F.) Map showing locations of works at the mouth of the Brazos River (8-7/8" x 12-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 248: Sketch of Texas and Louisiana shore with land and channel markings, including obstructions in the channel (14-1/4" x 16-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/220

Gilmer Map Number 250: (B.) Fort Velasco: on the east side of the mouth of the Brazos River (11" x 14-1/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 251: (A.) Fort Quintana on the west side of the mouth of Brazos River (13-3/8" x 14")

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Gilmer Map Number 252: (C.) Fort on bend of river (8-5/8" x 14")

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Oversize Paper OP-276/223

Gilmer Map Number 301: Defences at Rainbow Bank and Roanoke River, N.C. (13-1/2" x 17-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/224

Gilmer Map Number 302: Plan of fortification around Weldon (23-7/8" x 27-7/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/225

Gilmer Map Number 303: Plan of fortification at Garysburg, N.C., two miles from Weldon (15-1/4" x 22-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/226A

Gilmer Map Number 304,Part 1: Plan of the defensive works at Halifax, N.C. (14" x 22")

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Gilmer Map Number 304, Part 2: Plan of the defensive works at Halifax, N.C. (14" x 22")

Oversize Paper OP-276/227

Gilmer Map Number 305: Field Map Sheet No. 3, 28 July 1863, Wilson north to Rocky Mount east to Tarboro south by Tar River (34-3/4" x 50-3/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/228

Gilmer Map Number 306: Sketches of Lieutenant Koerner's topographical survey between Neuse and Tar Rivers (14-1/2" x 18-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/229

Gilmer Map Number 307: Goldsboro-Wilson-Smithfield area (16" x 17-3/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/230

Gilmer Map Number 308A: Bentonville area (19-1/4" x 21-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 308B: Louisburg north to Halifax south to Battleboro area (16-3/8" x 20-5/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 308C: Area between Roanoke River (Weldon) and Tar River including and northwest of Rocky Mount (16-1/4" x 18-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/233

Gilmer Map Number 308D: Raleigh-Goldsboro-Rocky Mount area (16-3/8" x 18-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/234

Gilmer Map Number 309: Neuse, Dover, and Trent rivers: the river roads (24" x 35")

Oversize Paper OP-276/235

Gilmer Map Number 310: Reconnaissance of the country between Newbern and Goldsboro between the Trent and the Neuse rivers (17-7/8" x 23-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/236

Gilmer Map Number 311: Map of Confederate Point, New Hanover County, N.C., 1864. (12-3/4" x 28-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/237

Gilmer Map Number 312: Topographical map showing the fortifications and roads in the vicinity of the Cape Fear, 1863, map in two parts (Part 1: 21-5/8" x 25-3/4"; Part: 21-7/8" x 27-1/4"; Parts 1 and 2 together: 21-3/4" x 52-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 313: Map of the vicinity of Wilmington, District of Cape Fear (13-1/2" x 17-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/239

Gilmer Map Number 314: Smith's Island, Cape Fear District (21-1/4" x 29-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/240

Gilmer Map Number 315: Map of "Bald Head" and Cape Fear (16" x 31-3/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/241

Gilmer Map Number 316: Map of the country adjacent to Smithville (17-3/4" x 29-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/242

Gilmer Map Number 317: Map showing the entrenchments around Wilmington, 1863 (25-7/8" x 37-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/243

Gilmer Map Number 318: Map of country between Cape Fear River and Topsail Sound: Defences of Wilmington (24" x 29-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/244

Gilmer Map Number 319: Map of a part of Brunswick County (27-1/4" x 31-3/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/245A

Gilmer Map Number 320A: Fort Fisher and adjoining fortifications, 1863 (20" x 28-1/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 320B: Fort and adjoining fortifications, 1863, with note (19-1/2" x 29-3/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/246

Gilmer Map Number 321: Plan of magazine being constructed at Wilmington, N.C., 1863 (16-5/8" x 22-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/247

Gilmer Map Number 322: Fort Caswell, April 1863 (20-1/4" x 30")

Oversize Paper OP-276/248

Gilmer Map Number 323: Casemate covered with railroad iron erected at Fort Caswell by order of Brigadier General W. H. C. Whiting, Confederate States of America, 1863 (20" x 30")

Oversize Paper OP-276/249

Gilmer Map Number 324: Chart of the obstructions in the Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers and the batteries commanding them (14-3/8" x 19-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/250

Gilmer Map Number 325: Sawyer obstructions in Cape Fear River, circa 1863 (17-3/8" x 20-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/251

Gilmer Map Number 326: Map of parts of Brunswick and New Hanover counties showing the approaches to Wilmington, N.C., circa 1864 (31-3/4" x 39")

Oversize Paper OP-276/252

Gilmer Map Number 327: System of breast-heights for defence by light artillery and infantry suggested as an improvement on cremaillers, with note, circa 1864 (16-5/8" x 28-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/253A

Gilmer Map Number 328A: Copy 1: Map of a part of eastern North Carolina from a map in progress, 1864, Virginia line to Neuse and Swift River (30-5/8" x 37")

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Gilmer Map Number 328B: Copy 2: Map of a part of eastern North Carolina (30-3/4" x 37")

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Gilmer Map Number 329: Map of the reconnaissance of the South Carolina mountain passes in connection with those of western North Carolina and east Tennessee by John R. Niernsee and John McRae, Special Military Commission (21" x 24-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/255

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Oversize Paper OP-276/267A

Gilmer Map Number 501: Map of the state of Virginia reduced from the Nine Sheet Map of the state, in conformity to Law by Herman Boye, 1828, corrected by order of the Executive, 1859, including geological remarks (31-1/2" x 49")

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Gilmer Map Number 502: Map of a portion of eastern Virginia, Blue Ridge west, James River south, Rappahanock River north to Rappahanock County (35-1/2" x 38-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/268

Gilmer Map Number 503: Map of the vicinity of Petersburg, 1864 (24-1/4" x 36-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/269

Gilmer Map Number 504: Map of Greene (18" x 18-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/270

Gilmer Map Number 505: Drawn from a sketch taken on the Battle Ground by W. Bonner, 31 July 1861 (17-1/2" x 23-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/271

Gilmer Map Number 506: Part of Spotsylvania (26-3/4" x 37-1/2"; map not square)

Oversize Paper OP-276/272

Gilmer Map Number 507: Sketch of area around Culpepper Court House, bounded south by Rapidan River, west by Robinson River, with camps and infantry lines, etc. drawn in (9-7/8" x 15-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/273

Gilmer Map Number 508: Sketch of area around Falmouth east to Potomac River (12-1/4" x 15")

Oversize Paper OP-276/274

Gilmer Map Number 509: Map of parts of Orange, Spotsylvania, Caroline counties, Va. (17-7/8" x 21-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/275

Gilmer Map Number 510: Military map of the county in the occupation of the Corps of the Army of the Potomac made by order of General Beauregard (32-1/4" x 34-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/276

Gilmer Map Number 511: Map of the Rappahanock River from Fredericksburg to its source (29-3/8" x 33-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/277

Gilmer Map Number 512: Map of Danville defences (27-3/4" x 28-1/4") [probably drawn by Charles Chaky DeNordendorff in 1863]

Oversize Paper OP-276/278

Gilmer Map Number 513: Frame for a pile driver for driving piles obliquely at the Tree Hill Bridge, James River, 1863 (13-3/4" x 15-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/279

Gilmer Map Number 514: Map of James River and the adjoining county, from Chuckatuck Creek to City Point (22-3/4" x 32-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/280

Gilmer Map Number 515A: Sketch of part of Charles City County (21-1/2" x 25-1/2")

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Gilmer Map Number 515B: Map of part of Charles City County (19-3/4" x 24-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/282

Gilmer Map Number 516: Map of the vicinity of Drewery's Bluff (16-1/4" x 19-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/283

Gilmer Map Number 517: Plan of square redoubt (20-1/8" x 20-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/284

Gilmer Map Number 518: Plan of Batteries at Fort Clifton, Appomattox River (18-5/8" x 22-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/285

Gilmer Map Number 519: Drawing of Fort Monroe (23-1/4" x 27-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/286

Gilmer Map Number 520: Fort Boyloin, 1861, and topographical drawing of immediate area around fort (23-7/8" x 27-3/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/287

Gilmer Map Number 521: Plan of defenses at Drewery's Bluff on James River, circa 1863 (25" x 37-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/288

Gilmer Map Number 522: Map of area around Richmond northeast to James City County and northwest to Hanover County, including Charles City County (21-7/8" x 28-7/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/289

Gilmer Map Number 523: A part of Henrico County from York River Railroad to Central Road, June 1862 (17-1/2" x 20-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/290

Gilmer Map Number 524: Sketch map of King William County (16" x 24-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/291

Gilmer Map Number 525: Vicinity of Petersburg (east), 1862 (16-1/4" x 20")

Oversize Paper OP-276/292

Gilmer Map Number 526: Drawing of the Chickahominy River (12-3/8" x 17-1/2")

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Gilmer Map Number 527: Sketch of the area around Chickahominy River (10-1/4" x 15-3/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/294

Gilmer Map Number 528: Sketch of area around Richmond to Chickahominy River with directions "From the Capitol" to different bridges (12-3/8" x 17-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 529: Sketch of the country on the west side of the James River between Warwick Bar and Drury's Bluff (14-1/4" x 23-3/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 530: Richmond section south from Drury's Bluff north to Upper Chickahominy Bridge (10-5/8" x 16-1/4")

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Gilmer Map Number 531: Malvern Hill area (13-7/8" x 23-1/2")

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Gilmer Map Number 532: Right bank of James River, Petersburg to Richmond (23" x 34-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/299

Gilmer Map Number 533: Battlefields of Hanover County, Sheet 1 (25-1/2" x 30-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/300

Gilmer Map Number 534: Battlefields of Hanover County, Sheet 2 (18-1/8" x 30-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/301

Gilmer Map Number 535: Area south of Chickahominy River at New Bridge, showing General Johnson's Headquarters (8-1/4" x 11-1/8")

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Gilmer Map Number 536: Map of area around Chickahominy River between Mechanicsville Bridge and New Bridge (11-3/8" x 17-1/2")

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Gilmer Map Number 537: Sketch of area between Chickahominy and Pamunkey rivers from Cold Harbor south to Hanover Court House (14-1/2" x 15-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/304

Gilmer Map Number 538: Long map of line from Rappahanock River east of Richmond south to close to James River, crossing numerous roads, last crossing the Osborne Turnpike (9-3/4" x 37-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/305

Gilmer Map Number 539: Sketch of area north of James River near Charles City Road with Colonel Wilcox's position (8-7/8" x 17-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/306

Gilmer Map Number 540: Sketch of the Confederates and Federal lines from Bermuda Hundred's Neck to the crossing of the Appomattox River (13-7/8" x 16-1/2")

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Gilmer Map Number 541: Richmond and vicinity, 1862 (20-1/4" x 30-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/308

Gilmer Map Number 542: A portion of New Kent County (19-1/4" x 25")

Oversize Paper OP-276/309

Gilmer Map Number 543: Preliminary map of a part of the south side of James River, vicinity of Lynchburg, March 1865 (24-1/2" x 24-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/310

Gilmer Map Number 544: Map of Hanover, Henrico, and part of Chesterfield counties, Va. (35-1/2" x 47")

Oversize Paper OP-276/311

Gilmer Map Number 545: Survey and reconnaissance of a part of Henrico County, Va., from Richmond to Charles City County, June-July 1862 and revised 1864 (27-1/4" x 29-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/312

Gilmer Map Number 546: Map of vicinity of Richmond and part of the Peninsula, 1864 (31" x 40-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/313

Gilmer Map Number 547: Survey and reconnaissance of a part of Henrico, Va., showing the line of fortifications east and south of the city of Richmond (26-1/4" x 48")

Oversize Paper OP-276/314

Gilmer Map Number 548: Map of Hanover, Henrico, and part of Chesterfield counties, southeast to Williamsburg and east to York River (46-3/8" x 52-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/315

Gilmer Map Number 549: Map of eastern Virginia, 1864, beyond Franklin, W. Va., and north to Pennsylvania (20" x 26-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/316

Gilmer Map Number 550: Military map of southeastern Virginia (31-1/4" x 34-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/317

Gilmer Map Number 551: Map of Surry County (35-7/8" x 57-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/318

Gilmer Map Number 552: Map of parts of Hanover and Henrico counties, Va., 1862 (48-3/4" x 57-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/319

Gilmer Map Number 553: Form of Trestle over Holstein at Seven Mile Ford and on Saltville Branch, Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (7-3/8" x 17-7/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/320

Gilmer Map Number 554: New Market area (15-1/4" x 15-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/321

Gilmer Map Number 555: Skeleton sketch of Lieutenant Koerner's survey of the Valley of Virginia showing the progress of surveying to 1 January 1864 in the area north of Staunton (20" x 21-7/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/322

Gilmer Map Number 556: Valley of Virginia north of Lynchburg, Copy 1 (21-1/4" x 24-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/323

Gilmer Map Number 556: Valley of Virginia north of Lynchburg, Copy 2 (21-1/4" x 24-1/2")

Oversize Paper OP-276/324

Gilmer Map Number 557: Map of a portion of the Valley of Virginia County of Augusta and portion of Rockingham and Page counties. (43-1/4" x 45-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/325

Gilmer Map Number 558: Map of the Valley of Virginia from Staunton to the Potomac River, 1862 (36-3/4" x 66-1/4")

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse 5.6 Additional Maps and Ephemera

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/6a

Plan of furnace; specifications for United States Army Engineers uniform (sheets 1-7); plan for monument

Oversize Paper OP-276/326

Plan of Santa Fe and New Mexico, drawn when Gilmer was a first lieutenant (23" x 30")

Facsimile produced by the National Archives

Oversize Paper OP-276/327

Savannah River Improvements: Plan and elevations of a crib for a deflecting work above King's Island, 1857 (23-1/2" x 31-7/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/328

Sketches of "Fancy Towers" (29" x 37-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/329

Title section of a "Tracing of the 9 & 4 Mile Roads," 1862 (19-1/8" x 27-7/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/330

Incomplete and unidentified sketch of area in Chesterfield County, Va., which displays elements related to the Battle of Port Walthall/Port Walthall Junction (16-1/2" x 22-3/4")

Caption: "Copy Incomplete. Original sent to Genl Daniel by Col Stevens Order A.H.C. Capt." with penciled-in text: "[Albert H. Campbell, Captain in charge of togographical Dept., D.N.V Chief Engineer's Office]"

Oversize Paper OP-276/331

Gilmer's West Point diploma, 1839 (17-3/4" x 20-1/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/332

Fort Sumter, view from the southwest angle, 9 December 1863 (paper copy) (9" x 12-3/4")

Oversize Paper OP-276/333

Fort Sumter, view from the southwest angle, 9 December 1863 ("picture" on board background) (13-3/8" x 19-5/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/334

Fort Sumter, view looking from sea face, 9 December 1863 (papre copy) (8-1/8" x 13-1/8")

Oversize Paper OP-276/335

Fort Sumter, view looking from sea face, 9 December 1863 ("picture" on board background) (13-1/4" x 17-3/8")

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10 items.
Folder 51-53

Folder 51

Folder 52

Folder 53

Biographical and other clippings

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/6a

Plan of shot furnace

U.S. Corps of Engineers uniforms specifications

Plan of monument

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-276/6b

Newspaper clippings

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 7. Pictures, 1870s and undated.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 8. Microfilm.

2 items.
Reel M-276/1-2

M-276/1

M-276/2

Microfilm

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