Тезаурус CERL

Gillmore, Quincy Adams

Идентификатор записиcnp02385352

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp02385352

Полмужской

Годы жизни1825 - 1888

Место рожденияLorain, Ohio

Место смертиBrooklyn, NY

Последнее изменение2023-02-09

Примечание

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