Major General Quincy Gillmore could be forgiven for feeling overly confident as he planned his army’s assault on Charleston, S.C., in July 1863. A little more than a year earlier, Gillmore had gained acclaim for leading the Federals’ swift and relatively bloodless capture of Fort Pulaski, the brick-walled Rebel bastion commanding the waters around Savannah, …
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