Image: Lt. Andrew Douglas Ramsay, Co. I, 1st U. S. Artillery

7 06 2021
Lt. Andrew Douglas Ramsay, Co. I, 1st U. S. Artillery. Contributed by Joseph Maghe

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20 06 2021
Joe Maghe (11:43:52) :

Andrew Douglas Ramsay entered service from the District of Columbia, and entered the Regular Army as a 2nd Lieutenant 1st U.S. Artillery on 7 June, 1855; 1st Lt. 25 February, 1861. and he was killed in action in the first battle of the war, 1st Bull Run on 21 July, 1861. He was second in command of Rickett’s Battery. This unit was placed on Henry Hill which became the epicenter of the battle. He was one of the first artillery officers to die in the Civil War. He was killed by a Confederate sniper while trying to reorganize the battery during a counter-attack.

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