Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr.
Born: February 12, 1828
Warren County, North Carolina
Died: January 14, 1892
New Bern, North Carolina
1850: West Point Graduate
October 9, 1851: 2nd Lieutenant
1855: 1st Lieutenant
Captain
January 31, 1861: Resigned Commission
Early 1861: Captain CSA
October 13, 1861: Colonel
March 1, 1862: Brigadier General
May 1863: Major General
Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr.
1850: West Point Graduate - 18th out of 37 cadets
1850-1851: Attended cavalry school at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
October 9, 1851: Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
1851-1854: Frontier service in New Mexico
1854-1855: Assistant Instructor of Cavalry Tactics at West Point
1855: Promoted to 1st Lieutenant and transferred to 1st U.S. Cavalry
1855-1857: Adjutant of regiment at Fort Leavanworth, Kansas
Promoted to Captain
January 31, 1861: Resigned from U.S. Army
Early 1861: Appointed Captain and served with his regiment in Northern Virginia
October 13, 1861: Appointed Colonel
November 26, 1861: Skirmish at Vienna, Virginia
March-July 1862: Peninsula Campaign
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
December 13,1862: Battle of Fredericksburg
May 1863: Promoted to Major General
May 4-16, 1864: Drewry's Bluff - Led a division under Gen. Beauregard
Early's Invasion of the North
July 9, 1864: Battle of Monocacy
July 11-12, 1864: Battle of Fort Stevens
August 1864: Relieved of command due to illness
Ended the war serving on military courts
May 2, 1865: Surrendered
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 679
Robert Ransom, Jr. 22 November 2021. web. 15 August 2023.
Warner, Ezra J. General in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 253-254