(1825-02-28)February 28, 1825 Black River (now Lorain), Ohio, U.S.
Died
April 7, 1888(1888-04-07) (aged 63) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Allegiance
United States of America Union
Service/branch
United States Army Union Army
Years of service
1849–1888
Rank
Major General
Commands held
X Corps
Battles/wars
American Civil War
Siege of Fort Pulaski
Battle of Somerset
First Battle of Fort Wagner
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Siege of Charleston Harbor
Battle of Proctor's Creek
Battle of Fort Stevens
Awards
Gillmore Medal
Quincy Adams Gillmore (February 28, 1825 – April 7, 1888)[1][2] was an American civil engineer, author, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was noted for his actions in the Union victory at Fort Pulaski, where his modern rifled artillery readily pounded the fort's exterior stone walls, an action that essentially rendered stone fortifications obsolete. He earned an international reputation as an organizer of siege operations and helped revolutionize the use of naval gunnery.
^Lanza, Gaetano (1906). "Memoirs of Deceased American Investigators: Major General Quincy A. Gillmore". Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting. Vol. VI. American Society for Testing Materials. p. 563. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
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