caption serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label birth_date rank image article_title name
civil . war & ndash ; era portrait of gillmore 1849 -- 65 union army x corps brooklyn , new york 11 april 1888 black river -lrb- now lorain -rrb- , ohio united states of america 1848 union place of burial 25 february 1825 35px major general quincy adams gillmore.jpg quincy adams gillmore
 quincy adams gillmore
quincy adams gillmore

quincy adams gillmore -lrb- february 25 , 1825 -- april 11 , 1888 -rrb- 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 .
