Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom

Birth Date

1834-11-29

Death Date

1864-10-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

llinois soldier. Norwhich, Windsor County, Vermont, native. Son of Truman B. Ransom and Margaret W. Ransom. Graduated from Norwich University in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont, in 1851. Engineer in Vandalia, Illinois, in 1861. Served in the 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A) as a captain, major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel, from April 24, 1861 to November 29, 1862. Wounded at Battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh, Tennessee. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on November 29, 1862. Commanded the XVII Corps of the Union Army. Died of disease in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia on October 29, 1864. Posthumously promoted to Brevet Major General of Volunteers.

New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870.
Francis Bernard Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789 to March 2, 1903 Volume 1, Part 2 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903), 816.
Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of Union Commanders, (Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 389-390.

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