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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 42 0 Browse Search
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D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
Ramseur was born May 31 , 1837, at Lincolnton, N. C., son of Jacob A. and Lucy M. Ramseur. Among his ancestors was John Wilfong, a revolutionary hero, who fought vlorsville, where the brigade was much distinguished and suffered severely, General Ramseur was among those whose conduct was especially commended to my notice by Lieficial report as a charge of unsurpassed gallantry. Though painfully wounded, Ramseur refused to leave the field, and on the 19th led an attack on the enemy's flankt in the initial defeat of the enemy, and after the main army had fallen back, Ramseur succeeded in retaining with him two or three hundred men of his division, and ld the enemy's whole force on our left in check for one hour and a half, until Ramseur was shot down mortally wounded, and their artillery ammunition was exhausted. These words are quoted from General Early, who also wrote: Major-General Ramseur fell into the hands of the enemy mortally wounded, and in him not only my command,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 9 (search)
strong and beautiful character of his mother, Ramseur is said to have been indebted for the greateringuished member of Congress from our State. Ramseur spent the usual term of five years at the Acae general current of popular history. Not so Ramseur, who had been taught in a school where the arquabbled for place in the arena of politics. Ramseur was well satisfied with the esprit de corps ois company was composed of twelve-months men. Ramseur wanted soldiers, and wanted them for the war.mand of all the artillery on his right. Here Ramseur saw his first active service in the field, anound Richmond, known as the Seven Days Fight, Ramseur, while gallantly leading his regiment in the Ransom speaks of the conspicuous gallantry of Ramseur and his men, and it was by reason of his soldbe made during the course of this narrative. Ramseur, like apples of gold in pictures of silver, w was in Rhodes' division of Jackson's corps. Ramseur remained in command without events of any par[11 more...]