page_title: Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath
section_title: Postwar service
hierarchical_section_title: Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath / Postwar service
caption_attribution_description: English: Susan Corse Gilbreath, 1861
context_page_description: Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath was a major in the United States Army who began his 37-year career as a first lieutenant in the 20th Indiana Volunteer Regiment. Gilbreath was involved in numerous battles during the American Civil War, such as Gettysburg and bearing witness to the battle between the CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor, the American Indian Wars, in which he helped establish Fort Custer, and the Spanish–American War. Gilbreath is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his wife, Susan, and daughter, Etta.
context_section_description: Upon discharge from the 20th Indiana Volunteers, Gilbreath accepted a commission as a Captain and Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers on January 25, 1865, and one month later was given a commission in "Hancock's Corps", which was to be composed of Veterans of the Civil War.  Upon being discharged from his Quartermaster position on July 28, 1865, he was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the United States Regular Army in the 15th Infantry Regiment on February 23, 1866.  Two months later, Gilbreath married Susan Coale Corse at the house of Joseph Pancoast in Baltimore on April 23, by Rev. Barrett of a Baptist church.  His first son, William Sydnor Gilbreath, was born nearly a year later on January 24, 1867.
caption: Susan Corse Gilbreath, 1861
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