John Gillespie (October 22, 1839 – January 21, 1871) was a Scottish American immigrant, farmer, and Republican politician.
He emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1847, settling for a time in Vermont, before moving to St. Lawrence County, New York.
[1] John moved west with his siblings in October 1856, settling at Dellona, in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
[4] The regiment was engaged in guard duty in western Kentucky and Tennessee until December 1862, when they joined Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg campaign.
[1] His younger brother, James A. Gillespie also served as a Union Army officer near the end of the Civil War, and died about the same young age.