Samuel W. Ferguson
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Brigadier General Samuel W. Ferguson |
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| Birth name | Samuel Wragg Ferguson |
| Born |
November 3, 1834 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | February 3, 1917 (aged 82) Jackson, Mississippi |
| Buried at |
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi (32°18′29.3″N 90°10′58.16″W / 32.308139°N 90.1828222°W) |
| Allegiance |
 United States Confederate States
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| Service/branch |
United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1857–1861 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Second Lieutenant (USA) Brigadier General (CSA)
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| Commands held |
5th South Carolina Cavalry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ferguson's Cavalry Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
Utah War American Civil War |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Lee |
| Other work | Lawyer, civil engineer |
Samuel W. Ferguson (born Samuel Wragg Ferguson; November 3, 1834 – February 3, 1917) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Ferguson graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1857. Before graduation, he joined Colonel Albert Sidney Johnson's Utah expedition to fight the Mormons. He then went to St. Louis to join his regiment. After the expedition, he was assigned to Fort Walla Walla in the Washington Territory, where he stayed from 1859 to 1860. This all changed when he received the results of the 1860 presidential election. Hearing of the election of Abraham Lincoln, Ferguson immediately resigned and left for Charleston.
In March 1861, Ferguson was commissioned a captain in the South Carolina militia, afterwards being appointed Lieutenant and aide-de-camp to C.S. Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard. He was one of the officers who received the formal surrender of U.S. Major Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter, raised the first Confederate States flag, and posted the first guards at Fort Sumter. After the siege, he was sent to present the first Confederate States flag struck by enemy shot to the Provisional C.S. Congress.
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