"Ordinarily, he is of a quiet, modest disposition; but when in battle he becomes tiger like, fearing nothing and becoming terrible in action."
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People from VermontGenerals of the Union ArmyBusinesspeople in real estateCivil engineers from the United States
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Freeport (Illinois) Journal. May 4, 1864.
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Thomas E. G. Ransom
Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom (November 29, 1834 – October 29, 1864) was a surveyor, civil engineer, real estate speculator, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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