New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-08
DEATH OF GENERAL GILMORE
HIS uoNoRED AND USEFUL CAREER

PROMOTED FOR BRAVERY IN MANY CONFLICTS
GOOD WORK AS AN ENGINEER.
Maior-General Quincy A. Gilmore, the dstin-
guished soldier and engineer, died at his home
No l47 Remsen-st., Brooklyn, yesterday morning
His death was the result of kidney troubles, from
which he had been sufferer for years. but the
immediate cause was an acute attack of liver COM
plant. which began about fortnight ago.
In General Gillmore's death terminates career
of untiring activity that has been crowned with
success in both military and civil life. lie was
an Ohio man. being born in Black River, Lorain
County, of that State, on February %, 1928.
After the regular four years course, he was grad
uated at West Point high in the class OF lo49,
and assigned to the Engineering Corps. lie served
as Assistant Engineer in the construction OF forus
Monroe and Calhoun, at Hampton Roads. linen
he returned to West Point, and from S32 TO SOD
acted as sstant instructor OF practlcal mlnuaTy
engineering. For two years before the War lie
had charge Of the forthcatlons OF New-forK liar
Dor. NJ, 3, 5000
as Chief Engineer Of the Port Royal Expeditlonary
Corps and was present at the descent upon Hilton
Head, OH November Z, 1861. lie was commander
of the Union forces and chief engineer Oh .he
siege at Fort Pulaski. After the capture OF the
fort he was brevetted Lleutenant-Colonel 1or gai-
liant and meritoriOus services Returning NorGh
he assisted the Governor Of this STATE III lorWdru-
ING troous to the front. In September 1862, he
took command of the District OF west virginia;
A month later he was transferred to the command
of the First Division of the Army OF Kentucky.
He had charge of the Federal forces ut the battle
of SomeTiile, when his gallantry was again DIS
played and won for him the title of Brevet-Colonel
COMMANDING THE TENTH ARMY CORPS.
As comma nder of the Tenth Army Corps he con-
Quoted the operations against Charleston, com
prisng the descent on Morris Island, the lombard
ment of Fort Sumter, and the siege and capture
of Fort Wayne and Battery Gregg. 1t WAS the
splendid work he accomplished hero that won l0r
him the title OF Malor-General, United States Vol
unteers. Other operations OF the Tenth Army
Corps under General Gillmore's command, were
the fight at Swift's Creek, the defence of Ber-
muda hundreds, the capture OF the enemys rlght
entertainments at DruIys Buh, and the re-
cOnnOissancc of the Confederate lines before
Petersburg. On July IL, 1864, he took command
of the Nineteenth Army Corps, defending Wash
ngton, and was in pursuit Of Early three days.
when fall from his horse disabled him for several
months. In February, 1868 he took charge OF
the Department Of the South with the DreVe1
title of Brigader General and subsequently MAJOR
General This commission he resigned on the follow
ing December TO resume his engineering laborS.
These since the War, have been numerous and
important, for the Government as well as i0r
municipalities and corporations though notwltn-
standing his connection with responsible puDnc
affairs outside his official duties, he never asked
leave of absence from his post of duty III the active
Federal service. Among the engineering com
missions TO which he was assigned were tile tesung
of the of iron in Notifications, and the aIai-
biDty OF unc OaDunS gums, ftpOrbniS
biity of a shipcanal TO connect the MISSISSIPPI
River with the Gulf, and supervising the con-
structlon of defences along the Atlantic Coast
At the time Of his death he was in charge of
the defensive work at Fortress Monroe and Hamp-
ton Roads, at Forts Sumter and Moultue In
Charleston Harbor. at Fort Pulaski ana at lori
Clinch in the Fernandina Harbor. He also had
cbarue of the construction Of the jetties in Charles
TON barbor in the Cumberland Sound in FLORIDA,
the improvements of the Say annah River, and, IN
fact all the river and harbor work IN South
Carolina Georgia and Florida. In addition TO
these he was one of the board Of officers TOT the
construction of other river and harbor improve,
mpnts as for example those in the Potomac ana
Mississippi rivers
wFII~KNowN AS AN ENGINEER
General Gilmore was well known as the engineer
and guiding spirit of the Kings County Elevated
Railroad which he lived to see almost completed,
and also as one of the three commissioners VINO
examined the new Aqueduct. His writings
included great many practical treatises on roads,
payements hydraulic cemchts, etc, besides his
books on The Siege and Reduction OF Fort Pu-
asld' and The Engineer and Artillery Operations
Against the Defences Of Charleston
He moved to Brooklyn shortly after the close
of the War and has lived there ever since His
second wife and four sons survive him. Two OF
his sons are lawyers in Jersey City: A third is
in business in New Brunswick. The fourth is
a lieutenant in the Eighth Cavalry. now on duty
at Fort Clark, Texas. The General was member
of Dr. John Halls church on Fifth-ave., but
owing to his illness has of late been attending
DR. Van Dykes church in Brooklyn. His funeral
the exact time of which has not vet been iiXed,
will he attended ny L. s. Grant Grand Army
Post, No. 327, to which General Gilmore belonged