GORGAS, Josiah

Affiliation:  Union

Born: July 1 1818, Dauphin Cty PA

Died: May 15 1883, Tuscaloosa AL

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1841, ordnance officer.

War Service: April 1861 Maj., chief of Ordnance Bureau, directed collection and distribution of arms and ammunition, purchasing material in Europe, establishing factories throughout the South, November 1864 Brig. Gen.

Post War: Businessman, educator, wrote memoirs.