Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Ransom, Robert E., Jr. |
Born |
2/12/1828 |
Birthplace |
Warren County, North Carolina |
Father |
Robert Ransom, Sr. |
Mother |
Priscilla Whitaker Ransom |
Notes |
Ransom was born in Warren County, North Carolina in 1828. He was graduated from West Point in 1850. He resigned his commission in 1861 and became a Captain in the Confederate Regular Army and a Colonel in the First North Carolina Cavalry, known as the 9th North Carolina Volunteers. He was promoted to Brigadier General on March 1, 1862. He commanded a brigade under Longstreet at Seven Days, in the Maryland campaign, and at Fredericksburg. Afterwards, he was transfered to North Carolina and promoted to Major General on May 26, 1863. In the fall of 1864 he was forced to retire due to illness and saw no further service. He died in New Bern, North Carolina in 1892. |
