Cummings Gilmer

Biography
Born	03/04/1844
Birth Location	Russell Co.
Died	12/25/1932
Death Location	Dixon Co., NE
Father	Cummings Gilmer
Mother	Mary Browning
Married	ca. 1879
Spouse	Margaret Daily
Military Units
29th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
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Census Information: 1850: 97, Age 7 1860: 191, Age 16 1870: Elk Garden, Lebanon 135, Age 26 1880: Not found 1900: Dixon Co., NE, Ponca 75, Age 56 1910: Dixon Co., NE, Ponca 55, Age 66, Veteran: No 1920: Dixon Co., NE, Ponca 91, Age 76 1930: Dixon Co., NE, Ponca 207, Age 86, Veteran: No

Miscellaneous Information: Letter mention: Personal Newspaper mentions: Lincoln Star Sun (Lincoln, NE), 1/27/1929 Lincoln Evening Journal, 12/27/1932, 1/28/1933 unknown NE paper Omaha World Herald, 6/1/1926, 3/6/1932, 1/5/1933 Notes: Father owned 3 slaves. Headstone application. Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1 Private, Company G, 29th Virginia Infantry Appears on a muster roll for Mch. 27 to Apr. 30, 1862 (Not dated) Enlisted: When: Mch. 27 Where: Lebanon, Va By whom: Gen. H. Marshal Period: 3 yrs or war Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks:	Card 2 Appears on a muster roll for May & June, 1862 (Dated June 30, 1862) Enlisted: When: Mar. 27 Where: Lebanon By whom: Genl. H. Marshall Period: 3 yrs or the war Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks:	Card 3 Appears on a muster roll for June 30 to Oct. 30, 1862 (Dated Oct. 30, 1862) Enlisted: When: March 27, 1862 Where: Lebanon By whom: Genl. H. Marshall Period: 3 yrs Last paid: By whom: Maj. Fisher To what time: June 30, 1862 Present or absent: Present Remarks:
Card 4 Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 30, 1862 to Feb. 28, 1863 (Dated Feb. 28, 1863) Enlisted: When: March 27, 1862 Where: Lebanon, Va By whom: Gen. H. Marshal Period: 3 yrs Last paid: By whom: V. C. Huff To what time: Oct. 30, 1862 Present or absent: Present Remarks:	Card 5 Appears on a muster roll for Mch. & Apr., 1863 (Dated May 6, 1863) Enlisted: When: Mch. 27, 1862 Where: Lebanon, Va By whom: H. Marshall Period: 3 yrs Last paid: By whom: V. C. Huff To what time: Feb. 28 Present or absent: Present Remarks:	Card 6 Appears on a muster roll for Apr. 1, 1864 made for the bounty due Oct. 1, 1864. Enlisted: When: March 27, 1862 Where: Lebanon, Va By whom: H. Marshall Period: 3 yrs Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks:
Card 7 Appears on a muster roll for Nov. & Dec., 1864 (Dated Dec. 31, 1864) Enlisted: When: Mch. 27, 1862 Where: Lebanon By whom: Gen. H. Marshal Period: 3 yrs Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks:	Card 8 Appears on a Register of Prisoners of War at Hart's Island, New York Harbor. Where captured: Hatch Run When captured: Apr. 2, 1865 When received at Post: Apr. 7, 1865 From what place received: City Point, Va From whom received: Capt. Jackson To what Company assigned: 13 Remarks: Russel Va Released June 20, 1865 G. O. 109 June 6, 1865	Card 9 Name appears as signature to an Oath of Allegiance to the United States, subscribed and sworn to at Hart's Island, N. Y. Harbor, June 20, 1865 Place of residence: Russell Co. Va Complexion: Light; hair: Dark Eyes: Black; height: 5 ft. 8 in.
Card 10 Appears on a RECEIPT ROLL for clothing, for 2 Qr., 1864 Date of issue: June 8, 1864 Signature:	Card 11 Appears on a RECEIPT ROLL for clothing, for 2 Qr., 1864 Date of issue: June 30, 1864 Signature:	Card 12 Appears on a RECEIPT ROLL for clothing, for 3rd Qr., 1864 Date of issue: Sept. 27, 1864 Signature:
Card 11 [$50 bounty for re-enlistment at Camp Cumbo, Russell County, April 26, 1862. Signed by name.]