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Stephen Dodson Ramseur

Stephen Dodson Ramseur
Dodson Ramseur.jpg
Nickname(s) Dod; Dodson Ramseur
Born (1837-05-31)May 31, 1837
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Died October 20, 1864(1864-10-20) (aged 27)
Belle Grove Plantation, Meadow Mills, Virginia
Place of burial Saint Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery Lincolnton, North Carolina
Allegiance  United States of America
 Confederate States of America
Service/branch  United States Army
 Confederate States Army
Years of service 1860–61 (USA)
1861–64 (CSA)
Rank Union army 2nd lt rank insignia.jpg Second Lieutenant (USA)
Confederate States of America General.png Major General (CSA)
Unit 3rd U.S. Artillery
4th U.S. Artillery
3rd North Carolina Infantry
1st North Carolina Artillery
Commands held 49th North Carolina Infantry
Ramseur's Brigade, II Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Early's Division, II Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Battles/wars

American Civil War

Relations Ellen "Nellie" Richmond (Wife)
Mary Dodson Ramseur (Daughter)

American Civil War

Stephen Dodson Ramseur (May 31, 1837 – October 20, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, at one point the youngest in the army. He impressed Lee by his actions at Malvern Hill and Chancellorsville, where his brigade led Stonewall Jackson’s flank attack, taking 50% casualties. On the first day of Gettysburg, he dramatically routed a Union brigade, sending it running through the town, though his superiors did not authorise further pursuit. Ramseur also distinguished himself in the Overland campaign and the Valley campaign, where he was mortally wounded at Cedar Creek.

Dodson Ramseur generally did not use his first name; intimate friends called him "Dod". He was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina to Jacob Able and Lucy Mayfield Dodson Ramseur. He was a second cousin to future Confederate generals John Horace Forney and William H. Forney. Ramseur attended Davidson College, where he studied mathematics under Daniel Harvey Hill, another future Confederate general. He continued at the United States Military Academy, graduated in 1860, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and was assigned to the 3rd and 4th U.S. Artillery regiments just before the start of the war.

Ramseur did not wait until North Carolina seceded from the Union, joining the Confederate States Army in Alabama, but quickly transferred to the 10th North Carolina Militia. He became the lieutenant colonel of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry on May 27, 1861. He was injured with a broken collarbone while being thrown from his horse in July and was out of service until the following spring.


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