Quincy A. Gillmore | |
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 Civil War–era portrait of Gillmore | |
| Born | February 28, 1825 Black River (now Lorain), Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 1888 (aged 63) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Service | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1849–1888 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands | X Corps |
| Battles / wars | |
| 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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