Gillmore, Quincy Adams

Life Span
to
Full name
Quincy Adams Gillmore
Place of birth
Black River, OH
Place of Birth
Lorain County, OH
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
1
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Other
Other Occupation
Engineer
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
- In coastal Georgia, Fort Pulaski endures a thirty hour Union bombardment before surrendering
General Hunter takes his leave after an eventful year as head of the Department of the South
- Union troops land on Morris Island and fail in a dawn attack on Fort Wagner
On Morris Island, South Carolina, Confederate defenders of Fort Wagner beat back a second heavy attack
The African-American 54th Massachusetts earns fame across the North with its brave attempt to storm Fort Wagner
- Union gunners carry out a heavy five day bombardment of the Confederate forts defending Charleston
In Charleston Harbor, a night attack by Union small boats on Battery Gregg is easily repulsed
In Charleston Harbor, after months of bloody attacks and meticulous siege, Union troops occupy Fort Wagner
Date Title
Major General Quincy A. Gillmore to Brigadier General E.D. Townsend, War Department, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1865
Date Title
Edwin Stanton, Orders for ceremonies at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Colonel Peter Pineo to Headquarters, Department of the South, Hilton Head, South Carolina, April 7, 1865
Date Title
Bishop Augustin Vérot to Major General Quincy A. Gillmore, Savannah, Georgia, April 5, 1865
Colonel Peter Pineo to Headquarters, Department of the South, Hilton Head, South Carolina, April 7, 1865
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