 Gillmore had ordered that his forces be integrated and that African-Americans were not to be assigned menial tasks only, such as KP or latrine duty, but instead they were to carry arms into battle.They and their assault on Ft. Wagner were the subject of the 1989 Civil War movie "Glory".Gillmore decided on siege operations to capture Fort Wagner using innovative technology such as the Requa gun and calcium flood light to blind opponents during trenching efforts.