RIPLEY, Roswell Sabine
Confederate
Born: March 14 1823, Worthington OH
Died: March 29 1887, New York NY
Pre-War Profession: West Point 1843, Mexican War, Seminole
war, resigned US army 1853, Maj. in South Carolina militia.
War Service: 1861 Lt. Col., commanded artillery in
Charleston Harbor during Fort Sumter bombardment, August
1861 Brig. Gen., commanded the Dept. of South Carolina,
Peninsula campaign, commanded Ripley's Bde/D H Hill's Divn
in Seven Days, Sharpsburg (w), recalled to South Carolina,
commanded 1st Artillery Dist., joined Johnston in North
Carolina, Bentonville.
Post War: Businessman in US and abroad.