Life Span
to
Full name
Gershom Mott
Place of Birth
Lamberton, NJ
Burial Place
Trenton, NJ
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
4
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
Gershom Mott (father), Phoebe Rose Scudder Mott (mother), Elizabeth Smith (wife) 
Education
Other
Other Education
Trenton Academy (NJ)
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Other
Other Occupation
Civil Servant
Government
Other state government
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness continues for a second bloody day
- In fighting around Peeble's Farm, Union forces further tighten to ring around the key town of Petersburg
Henry Wirz, former commandant of the Andersonville prison camp, goes on trial in Washington
- At the Capitol, the trial of Henry Wirz, former Andersonville prison commandant, continues in Washington
Henry Wirz, former commandant of the Andersonville prison camp, is executed in Washington, D.C.
How to Cite This Page: "Mott, Gershom," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/41822.