| Peter Charles Gaillard | |
| Order: | 38th Mayor of Charleston |
| Term Start: | 1865 |
| Term End: | 1868 |
| Predecessor: | Charles Macbeth |
| Successor: | William Wallace Burns |
| Birth Date: | December 29, 1812 |
| Birth Place: | Walnut Grove Plantation Berkeley County, South Carolina |
| Spouse: | Anne Lawrence Snowden Gaillard |
| Alma Mater: | South Carolina College (1832); United States Military Academy (West Point) (1835) |
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| Serviceyears: | 1835–38 (USA) 1861–65 (CSA) |
| Rank: | 2nd Lieutenant (USA) Colonel (SC Militia) Colonel (CSA) |
| Commands: | 17th South Carolina Militia Regiment 1st (Gaillard's) Battalion (CSA) 27th South Carolina Infantry Regiment (CSA) |
| Unit: | 1st U.S. Infantry |
| Battles: | 2nd Seminole War American Civil War |
Peter Charles Gaillard (1812-1889) was the thirty-eighth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, serving in 1865-1868.[1] He was the last mayor elected before the Civil War.[2]
He died on January 11, 1889,[3] and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery.[4]