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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

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