Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur
Born: May 31, 1837
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Died: October 20, 1864
Bella Grove Plantation, Middleton, Virginia
1860: West Point Graduate
1860: 2nd Lieutenant
1861: Resigned Commission
May 27, 1861: Lieutenant Colonel
April 12, 1862: Colonel
November 1, 1862: Brigadier General
June 1, 1864: Major General
Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur
1860: West Point Graduate - 14th out of 41 cadets
1860: Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd and 4th U.S. Artillery Regiments
1861: Did not wait for North Carolina to secede and joined the Confederate Army in Alabama. Quickly transferred to the 10th North Carolina Militia
May 27, 1861: Lieutenant Colonel in 3rd North Carolina Infantry
July 1861: Thrown by his horse and broke his collar bone and was in recovery till Spring 1862
1862: Peninsula Campaign - Commanded artillery in Brig. Gen. Magruder's division
April 12, 1862: Elected Colonel in the 49th North Carolina Infantry
July 1, 1862: Battle of Malvern Hill - was severely wounded in the right arm. With the arm mangled and paralyzed, went home to recover
1 November 1862: Promoted to Brigadier General - youngest General in the Confederate Army
May 1-3, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville
July 1-3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg
May 5-7, 1864: Battle of the Wilderness
May 7-20, 1864: Spotsylvania Court House Campaign
June 1, 1864: Promoted to Major General - youngest West Point Graduate in Confederate Army
Valley Campaigns of 1864
September 19, 1864: 3rd Battle of Winchester
October 19, 1864: Battle of Cedar Creek - Was shot through the lungs and captured by the Union soldiers
Died the following day in Middleton, Virginia