Samuel Augustus Gilbert-- Part 1: The Battle of Lewisburg, Va. (WestVirginia)

From Famous Americans.net.

GILBERT, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS, soldier, born in Zanesville, Ohio, 25 August 1825; died in St. Paul, Minnesota, 9 June 1868.  He was educated at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and then entered the U.S. Coast Survey.  He remained there until the coming of the Civil War and attained the rank next to that of superintendent.

On 11 June 1861, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 24th Ohio Volunteers, and accompanied his regiment to  western Virginia.  He was appointed colonel of the 44th Ohio Volinteers on 14 October 1861, and in May, 1862, he took part in a raid upon the Central Railroad, in which his command marched more than eighty miles in sixty hours, including all stops.

He then commanded the right flank in the Battle of Lewisburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), on 21 May 1862, and captured a Confederate battery.

--Old Secesh

General Samuel A. Gilbert-- Part 1: In West Virginia Early in the War

Two posts ago, I mentioned that Gen. Charles C. Gilbert was the brother of Brig. Gen. Samuel A. Gilbert.  Another Civil War general whom I do not know.  Some more research and Wikipedia does not have an article about this man.  

But, GENi does have some information.  So, we will continue our Roadtrip Through History that started with Charles C. Gilbert.

SAMUEL AUGUSTUS GILBERT

Birthdate:  August 15, 1825

Death:  June 9, 1868  (age 42), St. Paul, Minnesota

Civil War brevet brigadier general.  Was a civil engineer in the U.S. Coast Survey service and took leave of absence during the war and appointed lieutenant colonel of the 24th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and sent to what became West Virginia to defend Union positions.

On October 14, 1861, he was given command of the 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as colonel and later participated in the Battle of Lewisburg, West Virginia.

--Old Secesh