Raynor HCA 2014-01
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GILLMORE, Quincy Adams (1825-1888) 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. Autograph Letter Signed, “Q A Gillmore” August 24, 1863 to Maj. General Halleck, Morris Island, S.C., Aug. 24, 1863, 1pp., VG. Marked “Private,” in full, “ General, For special reason I would like to have my reports & Col. Turner’s on the present Condition of Sumter given to the press for publication. Unless you see reasons to the contrary. Sincerely your Obed. Serv., Q. A. Gillmore.”
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