Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (born 1829)

Patrick Gilmore

Irish-American composer and bandmaster (1829–1892)

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore was an Irish-born American composer and military bandmaster who lived and worked in the United States after 1848. While serving in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, Gilmore wrote the lyrics to the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". This was…