RAMSEUR, Stephen Dodson

Confederate

Born: May 31 1837, Lincolnton NC

Died: October 20 1864, Cedar Creek VA

Pre-War Profession: West Point 1860, resigned April 1861

War Service: 1861 Capt. in Ellis Light Artillery, April 1862 Col. of 49th North Carolina, Seven Days, Malvern Hill (w), November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Ramseur's Bde/Rodes' Divn at Chancellorsville (w), Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania (w), June 1864 Maj. Gen., command Ramseur's Divn in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek (mw).

Post War: He was wounded in the arm and his horse was shot out from under him. A second horse was also killed. On his third horse, he was struck through both lungs and fell, later to be captured by Union soldiers of the 1st Vermont Cavalry. Dodson Ramseur died the following day near Middletown, Virginia, at Sheridan's headquarters in the Belle Grove Plantation.