Harry Gilmor

Harry Gilmor

Harry W. Gilmor (January 24, 1838 – March 4, 1883) served as Baltimore City Police Commissioner in the 1870s, but he was most noted as a Confederate cavalry officer during the American Civil War. Gilmor's daring raids, such as The Magnolia Station Raid gained his partisans fame as "Gilmor's Raiders".

Read more about Harry Gilmor:  Early Life, Civil War, The Magnolia Station Raid, Later Raids, Postbellum Life

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