Quincy Adams Gillmore

Quincy A. Gillmore
Civil War–era portrait of Gillmore
Born	(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	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.