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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.
11. Mai 2024 · Josiah Gorgas (born July 1, 1818, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died May 15, 1883, Tuscaloosa, Alabama) was an army officer who directed the production of armaments for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Born and raised in poverty, Gorgas had to put work before education as a youth.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
27. März 2023 · Josiah Gorgas In 1861, the South possessed little heavy industry capable of providing arms and ammunition to the Confederacy. Gorgas embarked on a three-part plan to provide the army with the hardware of war: scavenge arms from battlefields, import arms and essential manufacturing supplies from Europe, and build an industrial complex ...
22. Dez. 2021 · Josiah Gorgas was a Confederate general and chief of the Ordnance Bureau during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Born in Pennsylvania, Gorgas was a veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848) who married into a prominent political family in Alabama.
8. Juni 2018 · Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883), American soldier and educator, served as chief of ordnance of the Confederate Army. Josiah Gorgas was born in Running Pumps, Pa., on July 1, 1818. The 10 Gorgas children had to work to help the family, and Josiah eventually became an apprentice on a newspaper in Lyons, N.Y.
The current building, constructed in 1939, is named for the University’s postmistress and librarian Amelia Gayle Gorgas (1826-1913) who was the wife of Confederate General Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883), the University’s 8th president and librarian.
Among the distinguished officers of the Confederate Government, the Chief of Ordnance, General Josiah Gorgas, was probably more highly appreciated by those who had personal or official contact with him than any other Chief of Bureau, and at the same time he was less known by the general public.
