Letters, 1853-1887.

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Letters, 1853-1887.

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Letters concerning Bedford Brown and Ransom's family and ancestors. Also a letter, 1864, from Robert Ransom, Jr., Confederate major general, referring to captured letters concerning the conditions of troops under General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Ransom, R. (Robert), 1828-1892

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A West Point graduate, Robert Ransom served in the U.S. Army under then-Lt Colonel Edwin V. Sumner, 1st U.S. Cavalry, 1855-57. He resigned his army post at the onset of the Civil war to serve in the Confederate Army as Captain of Cavalry. By the end of the war, he reached the rank of Major General. He later worked as an express agent, city marshal at Wilmington, N.C., planter and civil engineer. From the description of Robert Ransom letter, 1879. (Louisiana State University). WorldCa...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Ransom family.

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Brown, Bedford, 1795-1870

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Resident of Caswell County, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1830-1906. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276613 Bedford Brown was a U.S. senator from Caswell County, N.C. From the description of Bedford Brown papers, 1779-1906 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 22150931 Bedford Brown (1795-1870), son of Jethro Brown of Caswell County, N.C., was involved in politics most of his life, serving in the state legislature and in ...

Ransom, Matt W. (Matt Whitaker), 1826-1904

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Matthew Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904) was a lawyer, planter, state official, Confederate general, Redeemer, Democratic United States senator from North Carolina, and minister to Mexico. Born on 8 October 1826 in Warren County, N.C., to Robert and Priscilla Whitaker Ransom, Ransom was brother to General Robert Ransom and cousin to fellow Confederate officer Wharton J. Green. After graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1847, Ransom went on to serve as the North Carolina Attorney Genera...