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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Daniel Hunt Gilman (February 8, 1845 - April 27, 1913) was an American attorney and railroad builder who made his career in Seattle. Gilman was born in Levant, Maine, the son of Maine legislator Henry Gilman and his wife Mary (n e Twombly) Gilman. Daniel Hunt Gilman received education at the town's high school and the East Main Conference Seminary in Bucksport. At the age of 19 during the American Civil War, he enlisted in one of the Maine companies of the First District of Columbia Calvary. He served as a sergeant with his regiment in General Kautz's division of calvary, Army of the James, during the spring and summer of 1864. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Staunton River Bridge on June 25, 1864, but returned to duty four months later as a Quartermaster Sergeant in the First Maine Calvary. Gilman spent six years in New York City after the war. He worked in the city's mercantile houses and also engaged in real estate speculation before pursuing law. He received a degree from Columbia College of Law and entered private practice.

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