William Gilham

Military Person

1818 – 1872

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Who was William Gilham?

William Henry Gilham was an American soldier, teacher, chemist, and author. A member of the faculty at Virginia Military Institute, in 1860, he wrote a military manual which was still in modern use 145 years later. He served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and became president of Southern Fertilizing Company in Richmond after the War.

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Born
Jan 13, 1818
Vincennes
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • College of William and Mary
  • United States Military Academy
Lived in
  • Virginia
  • Vincennes
Died
Nov 16, 1872
Vermont

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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