Raynors HCA 2017-12
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GILMORE, Quincy (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. War-date Endoresement Signed “Q.A Gilmore” Major General Commanding, 1pp. , March 24, 1865, Dept of the South, with read headquarters stamp, it reads “From the endorsement of Brig. Gen’l Williams and from conversations with him in reference to the condition of the command at Beaufort, S.C. the commanding General is satisifed that the allegations set forth in Major Gourand’s report of March 9th are substantially correct. Lt. Col. Guernsey’s endoresment on Maj. Gourand’s report is certainly in bad taste and not such as might have been expected from an officer of his rank and position.” Fine condition.
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