Gilbert A. Pierce
Gilbert Ashville Pierce was an author, journalist, playwright, and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, the eighth Governor of Dakota Territory, and representative for North Dakota in the United States Senate.
Gilbert Pierce was born at East Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York. He and his parents moved to Indiana. Pierce attended the University of Chicago where he studied writing, literature, and law. He enlisted in the ninth Indiana Volunteers as a second lieutenant in 1861. By 1864, Pierce was a colonel and an inspector general of the War Department.
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