James Wolfe Ripley
Military Person
1794 – 1870
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Who was James Wolfe Ripley?
James Wolfe Ripley was an American soldier, serving as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was instrumental in the early days of the war in modernizing the artillery's ordnance. However, Ripley also delayed the introduction of repeating rifles into U.S. arsenals, an act that has been widely criticized by later historians.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1794
Windham County - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Lived in
- Connecticut
- Died
- Mar 16, 1870
Hartford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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