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Autograph Letter Signed, QUINCY ADAMS GILLMORE

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Civil War Union Autographs

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GENERAL QUINCY ADAMS GILLMORE, Civil Engineer, Author, and Pioneering Union Army General in the Civil War.
March 3rd, 1873, Autograph Letter Signed, "Q. A. Gillmore," Very Fine. This letter written from Charlestown, South Carolina, and dated March 3rd, 1873, was written entirely in Gillmore's own hand. He writes regarding an enclosed check while referencing a legal case in which he expresses a great interest. Gillmore was one of the best artillerists and engineers in the army, and earned an international reputation as a brilliant architect of siege operations and a pioneer of naval gunnery. He was especially noted for his actions in the Union victory at Fort Pulaski, where his modern rifled artillery mercilessly pounded the fort's exterior stone walls, an action which for the first time in military history obsoleted stone fortifications. Gillmore was one of the best artillerists and engineers in the army, and earned an international reputation as a brilliant architect of siege operations and a pioneer of naval gunnery.




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