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George D. Ramsay (U.S. general, chief of ordinance, and Virginia native)

b. 1802-02-21 d. 1882-05-23

Brigadier General and Chief of Ordnance in the U.S. Army. Virginia native. Son of Andrew Ramsay and Catherine Ramsay. Father of Francis M. Ramsay. Married to Eliza Hennen Gales Ramsay in 1838. Father of Juliana G. Ramsay, George D. Ramsay, Joseph G. Ramsay, Catherine G. Ramsay, and Alice M. Ramsay. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1820. Veteran of the U.S.-Mexican War. Resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Served in the Ordinance Department as a major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel, from August 1861 to 1863. Served as the Chief of Ordnance as a brigadier general from September 1863 to September 1864.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, p. 26A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, Ward 7, pp. 935-6.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, War 1, p. 128B.

"Death of General George D. Ramsay," The Times (Philadelphia, PA), May 25, 1882, p. 3.

Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903, vol. 1 (Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1903), p. 25.

Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1927), 293.

The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-1865, vol. 8 (Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company, 1908), p. 206.

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Ramsay, George D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205563 (November 12, 2026).

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