After the war, Gilmor moved to New Orleans, where he married Miss Mentoria Nixon Strong, daughter of Jasper Strong and Eliza Julia Nixon. Gilmor and his wife had three children. Gilmor wrote his war memoirs, entitled "Four Years in the Saddle" (published in New York, Harper & Bros., 1866). He soon returned to Maryland and was elected a colonel of the cavalry in the reorganized Maryland National Guard. He also served as the Baltimore City Police Commissioner from 1874 to 1879, (a position which his Civil War predecessor, Police Marshal George Proctor Kane was arrested by Federal authorities in 1861, he also later was elected as Mayor of Baltimore). Gilmor died in Baltimore, plagued by complications from a war injury to his jaw. He was buried in Loudon Park Cemetery in the southwest section of the city between Frederick Road and Wilkens Avenue, in an area of the cemetery now known as "Confederate Hill." At his death, Baltimore City Police Department central and district stations flew their flags at half-staff. Gilmor's funeral was a large local ceremonial event with many dignitaries present to honor this war hero. There is also a Gilmor Street laid out between Calhoun Street running south to Cole Street in West Baltimore's Upton, Sandtown-Winchester, Poppleton neighborhoods. The Gilmor Homes, one of Baltimore's best known public housing projects, is named for the Gilmor family. References External links "Biography of Col. Harry W. Gilmor" Sons of Confederate Veterans Site "Colonel Harry W. Gilmor" Adopt-A-Confederate Program, Confederate Hill, Loudon Park Cemetery A History of Loch Raven 1838 births 1883 deaths Burials at Loudon Park Cemetery Confederate States Army officers People of Maryland in the American Civil War American Civil War prisoners of war People from Baltimore County, Maryland Commissioners of the Baltimore Police Department