Josiah Gorgas was the head of the Confederate States of America Ordance Bureau in the American Civil War, responsible for procuring weapons and ammunition for the Confederate armies; he was a brigadier general at the end of the war. Later, he was president of the University of Alabama.
- Occupation
- military personnel, academic, army officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 1, 1818
- Died
- May 15, 1883
