Gillman

Henry, an American botanist; born in Kinsale, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1833; settled in Detroit, Mich., in 1850; was United States consul at Jerusalem in 1886-1891. During his consulate he so strongly opposed the Turkish government in its expulsion of Jews from Palestine that several European countries supported = and the exclusion laws were modi- Gill more, Quincy Adams, an American military officer; born in Black River, Lorain co., O., Feb. 28, 1825; graduated at West Point in 1849, He was promoted captain in 1861, and Brigadier-General of volunteers early in 1862. He displayed skill as an engineer by the capture of Fort Pulaski in April, 1862, and was appointed commander of the Department of the South in June, 1863. He made a succe ful attack on Morris Island in July, 1863, began to bombard Fort Sumter and Charleston in August, and took Fort Wagner in September; Fort Sumter was reduced to a ruinous condition, but its garrison continued to hold it till Feb. 17, 1865. General Gill more commanded the 10th Corps near Richmond in 1864, and was brevetted Major-General U. S. A., in 1865. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 7, 1888.