Peter Charles Gaillard
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Peter Charles Gaillard | |
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38th Mayor of Charleston | |
In office 1865–1868 |
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Preceded by | Charles Macbeth |
Succeeded by | William Wallace Burns |
Personal details | |
Born | December 29, 1812 Walnut Grove Plantation Berkeley County, South Carolina |
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Spouse(s) | Anne Lawrence Snowden Gaillard |
Alma mater | South Carolina College (1832); United States Military Academy (West Point) (1835) |
Religion | French Huguenot |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1835–38 (USA) 1861–65 (CSA) |
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Unit | 1st U.S. Infantry |
Commands | 17th South Carolina Militia Regiment 1st (Gaillard's) Battalion (CSA) 27th South Carlina Infantry Regiment (CSA) |
Battles/wars | 2nd Seminole War American Civil War |
Peter Charles Gaillard was the thirty-eighth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, serving in 1865-1868.[1] He was the last mayor elected before the Civil War.[2]
He died on January 11, 1889,[3] and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery.[4]
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Preceded by | Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina 1865–1868 |
Succeeded by William Wallace Burns |
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