James Gilbert was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 16, 1823. He moved to Illinois and then to Wisconsin where he worked as a lumberman, Indian trader and liveryman. He finally settled in Iowa in 1851 where he helped found the town of Lansing.[1]
Gilbert and a detachment of the XVI Corps (known as the Right Wing-XVI Corps commanded by Smith) were transferred to the Department of the Gulf under Nathaniel P. Banks for the Red River Campaign. Gilbert won the commendation of his brigade commander, Colonel William T. Shaw, for his performance at the battles of Fort De Russy and Pleasant Hill.[3] At Pleasant Hill, Gilbert was wounded in the right hand.
In June, 1864 Gilbert assumed command of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVI Corps and led it at the battle of Tupelo. He briefly relinquished brigade command in late September but returned to command to take part in A.J. Smith's pursuit of Sterling Price through Missouri.
Nashville & Mobileedit
On December 5, 1864, Gilbert was transferred to command of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division in Smith's detachment of the Army of the Tennessee (formerly XVI Corps) at the battle of Nashville. There, Gilbert's brigade took part in the Union assault on Shy's Hill the second day of the battle. On February 9, 1865, Gilbert was promoted to brigadier general of U.S. volunteers. Smith's corps was officially re-designated XVI Corps and transferred to Edward Canby's Army of West Mississippi outside Mobile, Alabama. Gilbert continued in command of his brigade and took part in the battle of Fort Blakely. For his service in the Mobile campaign he was brevetted to Major General of U.S. volunteers backdated to March 26, 1865.[4] Gilbert was mustered out of volunteers on August 24, 1865.
Later lifeedit
After the war Gilbert returned to Iowa and continued his career as a lumberman. For a time he went to Colorado as a miner then moved to Kansas to become president of the Topeka Coal Economizing Company.
james, isham, gilbert, 1823, 1884, union, general, during, american, civil, served, with, distinction, western, theaters, regimental, brigade, commander, james, gilbertborn, 1823, july, 1823louisville, kentucky, diedfebruary, 1884, 1884, aged, topeka, kansas, . James Isham Gilbert 1823 1884 was a Union general during the American Civil War He served with distinction in the Western theaters of the war as a regimental and brigade commander James Isham GilbertJames I GilbertBorn 1823 07 16 July 16 1823Louisville Kentucky U S DiedFebruary 9 1884 1884 02 09 aged 60 Topeka Kansas U S Place of burialAspen Grove CemeteryBurlington Iowa U S AllegianceUnited States of AmericaUnionService wbr branchUnited States ArmyUnion ArmyYears of service1862 1865RankBrigadier General Bvt Major GeneralCommands held27th Iowa Infantry Regiment2nd Bde 2nd Div XVI CorpsBattles warsAmerican Civil War Battle of Bayou Fourche Battle of Meridian Battle of Fort De Russy Battle of Pleasant Hill Battle of Old River Lake Battle of Tupelo Battle of Nashville Battle of Fort BlakelyOther worklumberman businessman miner Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Little Rock amp Meridian 1 3 Red River amp Tupelo 1 4 Nashville amp Mobile 1 5 Later life 2 ReferencesBiography editEarly life edit James Gilbert was born in Louisville Kentucky on July 16 1823 He moved to Illinois and then to Wisconsin where he worked as a lumberman Indian trader and liveryman He finally settled in Iowa in 1851 where he helped found the town of Lansing 1 Little Rock amp Meridian edit Gilbert joined the volunteer army later than many of his contemporaries enlisting in October 1862 2 Nevertheless he was appointed colonel of the 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment on October 3 1862 Gilbert s regiment participated in Frederick Steele s Little Rock Expedition but was not involved in any fighting He was posted to garrison duty in Arkansas and then transferred to Mississippi where his regiment was attached to Andrew J Smith s division in the XVI Corps during the Meridian expedition Red River amp Tupelo edit Gilbert and a detachment of the XVI Corps known as the Right Wing XVI Corps commanded by Smith were transferred to the Department of the Gulf under Nathaniel P Banks for the Red River Campaign Gilbert won the commendation of his brigade commander Colonel William T Shaw for his performance at the battles of Fort De Russy and Pleasant Hill 3 At Pleasant Hill Gilbert was wounded in the right hand In June 1864 Gilbert assumed command of the 2nd Brigade 3rd Division XVI Corps and led it at the battle of Tupelo He briefly relinquished brigade command in late September but returned to command to take part in A J Smith s pursuit of Sterling Price through Missouri Nashville amp Mobile edit On December 5 1864 Gilbert was transferred to command of the 2nd Brigade 2nd Division in Smith s detachment of the Army of the Tennessee formerly XVI Corps at the battle of Nashville There Gilbert s brigade took part in the Union assault on Shy s Hill the second day of the battle On February 9 1865 Gilbert was promoted to brigadier general of U S volunteers Smith s corps was officially re designated XVI Corps and transferred to Edward Canby s Army of West Mississippi outside Mobile Alabama Gilbert continued in command of his brigade and took part in the battle of Fort Blakely For his service in the Mobile campaign he was brevetted to Major General of U S volunteers backdated to March 26 1865 4 Gilbert was mustered out of volunteers on August 24 1865 Later life edit After the war Gilbert returned to Iowa and continued his career as a lumberman For a time he went to Colorado as a miner then moved to Kansas to become president of the Topeka Coal Economizing Company General Gilbert died on February 9 1884 in Topeka Kansas He is buried at Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington Iowa citation needed References edit Find a Grave Find a Grave James I Gilbert Eicher p 254 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Isham Gilbert amp oldid 1182024439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
