Edward Gilbert
Edward Gilbert was born in December 1831, either in Bohemia or Hamburg, Germany. He immigrated to the United States around 1845 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where he lived with his brother John. They worked as clerks there in the early 1850s, and Gilbert was naturalized in New York on December 7, 1852. He married Sarah Berry around 1857, and they had at least two children: Emily, born around 1857; and Charles, born around 1859. The family settled in Rockford, Illinois. By 1860, he was working as a bookseller, and he owned $2,000 of personal property.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 5, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company D of the 74th Illinois Infantry. In November 1862, he secured a position as a clerk in the Provost Marshal General’s Office, and he spent much of the remainder of the war in Nashville, Tennessee. He voted for President Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864. He mustered out on May 12, 1865. By 1870, the family was living in Indianapolis, Indiana. Gilbert was working as an insurance agent, and he owned $8,000 of real estate and $2,500 of personal property. He died there around 1910.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(406)Gilbert, Edward1831-121910
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 36

  • (399) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to Philona Mandeville, 15 August 1864
  • (400) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 23 September 1863
  • (401) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 27 November 1864
  • (402) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 19 December 1864
  • (404) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 11 July 1864
  • (405) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 23 September 1864
  • (406) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 31 October 1864
  • (407) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 15 January 1865
  • (408) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 15 August 1864
  • (409) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 6 October 1864
  • (410) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 29 November 1863
  • (411) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to Philona Mandeville, 1 March 1864
  • (412) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 1863
  • (413) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 20 May 1864
  • (414) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 26 January 1864
  • (415) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 21 December 1863
  • (416) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 21 February 1864
  • (417) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 28 October 1864
  • (418) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 5 June 1864
  • (419) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 28 June 1864
  • (420) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 14 July 1864
  • (421) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 28 December 1863
  • (422) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 15 October 1862
  • (423) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, undated
  • (424) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 3 May 1865
  • (425) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 20 January 1864
  • (426) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 20 March 1863
  • (427) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 20 August 1864
  • (428) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 18 April 1863
  • (429) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 9 March 1863
  • (430) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 26 November 1862
  • (431) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 7 April 1865
  • (432) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 29 March 1864
  • (433) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 11 March 1864
  • (434) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 27 March 1865
  • (435) [writer] ~ Edward Gilbert to John Gilbert, 20 June 1864

People - Records: 1

  • (406) Gilbert, Edward is the [sibling of] (407) Gilbert, John

Places - Records: 1

  • (123) [death] ~ Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (21) [enlisted] [D] ~ 74th Illinois Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, available from Ancestry.com; U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, available from Ancestry.com.