Reuben J. Gilman
Reuben J. Gilman
| Died | 1863-03-07 New Bern, NC |
Reuben J. Gilman was a Billerica soldier of the Civil War who died of disease at New Bern, North Carolina, in March 1863. He was mustered on September 12, 1862 into Company I of the 44th Massachusetts Infantry, a nine-months regiment that served in North Carolina, and died at New Bern on March 7, 1863, after six months in the army. Stephen H. Parker of Billerica was mustered into the same company the same day; see Stephen H. Parker.
His name is on the Soldiers' Monument on the Common today, although it is not among the names Henry A. Hazen copied from the monument in 1883. See also George C. Gilman Jr., killed at Baton Rouge in 1862.