Gilbert Elliott (December 10, 1843 – May 9, 1895) was builder of the ironclad ram CSS ''Albemarle''.

Family

Elliott's parents were Gilbert Elliott (May 20, 1813 – May 20, 1851) and Sarah Ann Grice (June 1, 1819 – April 22, 1891), granddaughter of shipbuilder Charles Grice and Mary Grandy. He was born at "Milford" estate in

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. After his mother became a widow she moved to

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, and became the author of a cookbook, "Mrs. Elliott's Housewife", published in New York in 1870.

Education

Elliott was educated in the local schools of

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. He was a law clerk by 1860.

Military career

He probably enlisted in the

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on May 16, 1862 at Camp Mangum in

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, the next day he was appointed First Lieutenant and given duty of Regimental

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CSS Albemarle

Construction of the Confederate ironclad CSS ''Albemarle'' began in 1862 in a former cornfield in

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References

Elliott, Robert G., ''Ironclad of the Roanoke'', White Mane Publishing, 1994, 1843 births 1895 deaths People of North Carolina in the American Civil War Confederate States Army officers American shipbuilders People from Camden County, North Carolina {{Navy-stub