Qnincy Adams Gillmore, an American soldier and engineer, born at Black River, Lorain co., Ohio, Feb. 28, 1825. He graduated at West Point in 1849, and served in the engineer corps and as assistant instructor at West Point till the outbreak of the civil war, when he distinguished himself by his services at Hilton Head, S. C. (1861), in the siege and capture of Fort Pulaski, Ga. (1862), and especially in the reduction of Forts Sumter and Wagner (1863-'4). He was made major general of volunteers July 10, 1863, resigned this commission Dec. 5,1865, and now (1874) ranks as major in the corps of engineers, and is engineer in charge of the defences of the Atlantic coast. He has published "Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski" (New York, 1863);Practical Treatise on Limes, Hydraulic Cements, and Mortars" (1863); and "Engineer and Artillery Operations against the Defences of Charleston Harbor in 1863 (1865).