page_title: Quincy Adams Gillmore
section_title: Return to the Department of the South
hierarchical_section_title: Quincy Adams Gillmore / Civil War / Return to the Department of the South
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: photographichist06mill (find matches) Title: The photographic history of the Civil War&#160;: thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880- Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Publisher: New York&#160;: Review of Reviews Co. Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: s from the LT. S. gunboatsOttawa, Seneca, and Pembina, undercommand of Lii ut. T. H. Stevens. 17.—Federal gunboats and mortars, underFoote, began the investment of and at-tack on Island No. 10, on the Missis-sippi. 10 FEBRUARY, 1862. j — Unconditional surrender of Fort Henryto Flag-Officer Foote. to 10.—Lieut. Phelps, of Footes flotilla,commanding the gunboats Conestoga,Tijler and Lejington, captured Confed.gunboat Eastporl and destroyed all theConfed. craft on the Tennessee River 4.-between Fort Henry and Florence, Ala. — Destruction of Confed. gunboats in thePasquotank River, X. C, also of the (312) APRIL, 1862. -During a storm at night. Col. Robertswith ,50 jiickcd men of the 12d Illinois,and as many seamen under First MasterJohnston, of the gunboat .S^ Louis, sur-prised the Confederates at the upperbattery of Island No. 10, and spiked 6large guns. - Federal gunboat Carondelet ran past theConfed. batteries at Island No. 10,at night, without damage, and arrived atNew Madrid. Text Appearing After Image: YRIGMT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. HEADQIARTERS OF GEXEKAL Q. A, GILLMORE AT HILTOX HEAD Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Quincy Adams Gillmore 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.
context_section_description: Gillmore was assigned to replace Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel in charge of the X Corps after that officer's death from yellow fever. In addition, Gillmore commanded the Department of the South, consisting of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, with headquarters at Hilton Head, from June 12, 1863, to May 1, 1864. Under his direction, the army constructed two earthen forts in coastal South Carolina—Fort Mitchel and Fort Holbrook, located in the Spanish Wells area near Hilton Head Island.
  He then turned his attention against Charleston, South Carolina. Initially successful in an attack on the southern end of Morris Island on July 10, Gillmore had enough confidence to assault Fort Wagner on the north end of the island. The following day he launched the first attack on Fort Wagner which was defeated. He assembled a larger assault force and with the assistance of John A. Dahlgren's naval fleet planned a second attack. On July 18, 1863 Gillmore's troops were repulsed with heavy losses in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Gillmore's divisional commander, General Truman Seymour was wounded and two brigade commanders, George Crockett Strong and Haldimand S. Putnam were killed in the attack.
caption: Gillmore's headquarters
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