Rufus Barringer
| Rufus Clay Barringer | |
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| Born |
December 2, 1821 Cabarrus County, North Carolina |
| Died | February 3, 1895 (aged 73) Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Buried at | Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861–65 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Battles/wars |
American Civil War *Peninsula Campaign **Seven Days Battles *Second Battle of Bull Run *Maryland Campaign *Gettysburg Campaign **Battle of Brandy Station *Battle of Namozine Church |
Rufus Clay Barringer (December 2, 1821 – February 3, 1895) was a North Carolina lawyer, politician, and American Civil War brigadier general.
Barringer was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, the ninth of ten children of Elizabeth Brandon and Paul Barringer. His brother Victor Clay Barringer was also an officer in the Confederate States Army. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1842. He studied law in Concord with his older brother, Daniel Moreau Barringer, who would enjoy a successful law practice and serve two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Entering politics as a Whig, Rufus Barringer represented Cabarrus County in the House of Commons in the North Carolina General Assembly from 1848 until 1850. A Unionist in his political views, he represented his district as an elector during the 1860 presidential election.
Barringer's first wife, Eugenia Morrison Barringer, died of typhoid fever in 1858, four years after their marriage. They had two children, Paul and Anna. Two of Eugenia's sisters also married future Civil War generals, Stonewall Jackson and D. H. Hill. In 1861, Barringer remarried, this time to Rosalie Chunn of Asheville, who bore him a son, Rufus Clay Barringer, Jr. Rosalie died in 1864.
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