CDV OF HARRY GILMOR

CDV OF HARRY GILMOR

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This is a very fine Carte de visite (CDV) photograph of Gilmor in Confederate Uniform. This is a full-standing Brady studio photo. He poses in a splendid Confederate Captain’s uniform, complete with gauntlets, tall riding boots, double-breasted frock, sword and belt, and plumed slouch hat in his hand. Image is clear with good contrast. Image is pasted onto a typical ruled mount; untrimmed. “Brady / New York” is printed at the bottom. BRADY’S backmark printed on reverse.

Harry Ward Gilmor (January 24, 1838 – March 4, 1883) was a Confederate Army officer and reached the rank of Colonel during the Civil War while commanding the 1st Maryland Cavalry of the Confederate Army.  As the Civil War began, he was arrested as a spy and imprisoned in Fort McHenry following the "Pratt Street Riots" of April 19, 1861. Upon his release in August, he traveled to Charleston, Virginia, joining Confederate forces under Colonel Ashby Turner. By December 15, 1861 he had been promoted to Sergeant. Within two years he had earned the rank of Major and organized his own 200-man unit, "Gilmor's Raiders". Their most documented action was the raid in July of 1864 of Magnolia Train Station. By 1864 he had been wounded twice. During the Maryland Campaign, he was recaptured while visiting his home in Baltimore spending five months more in prison. Released and captured again in Hardy County, on February 4, 1865. He remained a prisoner at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor until July 24, 1865. Following the Civil War, he relocated to New Orleans where he married Mentoria Nixon Strong. Following his wife’s death, he returned to Baltimore and served as an officer in the Maryland National Guard and as the Baltimore Police Commissioner. In 1866, his war memoirs, "Four Years in the Saddle", were published. Written mostly while he was a prisoner of war. [jet] [ph:L]

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