Josiah Gorgas (July 1, 1818 – May 15, 1883) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War and was later president of the University of Alabama....

poor. Born in Toulminville, Alabama, Gorgas was the first of six children of Josiah Gorgas and Amelia Gayle Gorgas. His maternal grandparents were Governor...

Gorgas may refer to Edgar Gorgas (1928–2019), German boxer Josiah Gorgas (1818–1883), Confederate General and later President of the University of Alabama...

Gorgas machine gun (or sometimes just a Gorgas gun) was a manually cranked prototype machine gun, the creation of Confederate States General Josiah Gorgas...

from Josiah Gorgas, the eighth president of the University of Alabama. Ill health forced him to resign as president and the trustees allowed the Gorgas family...

–1972), Zimbabwean politician Josiah Gorgas (1818–1883), American general Josiah Gregg (1806–1850), American merchant Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821–1891)...

Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & son. Gorgas, Josiah (1995). Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk (ed.). The Journals of Josiah Gorgas, 1857–1878. University of Alabama...

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of Pennsylvania-born Confederate general Josiah Gorgas and the mother of Surgeon General William C. Gorgas. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's...

Random House. ISBN 978-0-6796-03979. Gorgas, Josiah (1995). Sara Woolfolk Wiggins (ed.). The Journals of Josiah Gorgas, 1857–1878. University of Alabama...

time of his death, including his first book Ploughshares Into Swords: Josiah Gorgas and Confederate Ordnance (1952). His 1977 book Black Jack: The Life...

Confederate chief of ordnance Colonel Josiah Gorgas sent the Tredegar Iron Works plans for the 12-pounder Napoleon. Gorgas asked that all production of the...

1826) (m. Gen. Josiah Gorgas), Mary Rees (b. 1829), Richard Haynsworth (b. 1832), and Anna Maria (b. 1835). Amelia's son, William C. Gorgas, became Surgeon...

components. With the outbreak of the Civil War, the arsenal's commander, Josiah Gorgas, resigned and joined the Confederate States Army in deference to the...

Confederacy, including such leaders Generals John C. Pemberton and Josiah Gorgas. Over 360,000 Pennsylvanians served in the Union Army, more than any...

Confederate Ordnance Bureau was commanded by Colonel (later Brig. Gen.) Josiah Gorgas. Provisions of the General Order 24 dated 16 April 1862 affecting ordnance...

JSTOR 2163218. Steven G. Collins, "System in the South: John W. Mallet, Josiah Gorgas, and uniform production at the confederate ordnance department." Technology...

in late December, and the Confederates held it for much of the war. Josiah Gorgas had the arsenal enlarged and modernized with the installation of steam...

declined the appointment. He was second in command to Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas in the Confederate Ordnance Bureau and at times was an inspector of...

Otey, were founders of the university. Generals Edmund Kirby Smith, Josiah Gorgas, and Francis A. Shoup were prominent in the university's postbellum...

"Bushrod Johnson". National Park Service. Retrieved 14 June 2009. "Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2009....

the Confederacy, including its sole Chief of Ordnance during the war, Josiah Gorgas. By 1872, the Ordnance Department reflected the Army's return to a small...

University of Alabama Press, 1995. pp 57–74. Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, University of Alabama Press...

the Confederate Ordnance Department, under the supervision of General Josiah Gorgas. The Nitre and Mining Bureau was supervised by General Isaac M. St....

surrounding graves. Redstone Arsenal has a laboratory named after CSA general Josiah Gorgas. List of United States Navy ships commemorating the Confederate States...

defend their office during the New York City draft riots. Gorgas machine gun Invented by Josiah Gorgas, the Confederate Chief of Ordnance, this weapon also...

Gayle Gorgas. She was the wife of Gen. Josiah Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States of America, mother of William Crawford Gorgas, 22nd...

barracks, a magazine, ordnance storehouses, and munitions storehouses. Josiah Gorgas briefly served at Champlain Arsenal. The Army discontinued Champlain...

Confederate States Secretary of State in 1862 (born 1823 in Ireland) May 15 – Josiah Gorgas, Northern-born Confederate general (born 1818) June 14 Charles Timothy...

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