In August 1862, he was ordered to join General John Pope east of the Blue Ridge and he served there until 1863, when he assumed command of a brigade in Kentucky.
There, he dispersed a political convention in Frankfort which he considered to be plotting treason.
He continued in Kentucky and Tennessee until November 1863 when he became an engineer on the staff of General John G. Foster until Confederate General James Longstreet retreated at which time he resumed command of his brigade.
Colonel Gilbert's health having deteriorated by exposure caused him to resign on 20 April 1864. He was brevetted to brigadier general of volunteers, 12 March 1865.
--Old Secesh
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