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Ferguson, Samuel Wragg, 1834-1917

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Personal name headingFerguson, Samuel Wragg, 1834-1917
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedGreenville (Miss.) Charleston (S.C.)
Birth date1834
Death date1917
Profession or occupationSoldiers
Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Ruffin, E. Papers, 1741-1865 (Ferguson, Samuel Wragg)
Bio. Dic. of the Confederacy, 1977 (Ferguson, Samuel Wragg, 1834-1917; grad. from West Point, 1857; CSA army officer; after war practiced law in Greenville, Miss.; moved to Charleston, S.C. where he worked as civil engr.)
Finding aid for Heyward and Ferguson family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, May 14, 2020 (Heyward and Ferguson family members included Nathaniel Heyward (1766-1851) of South Carolina, whose estate included 45,000 acres of Low Country plantations and over 2,000 slaves; his sons, Nathaniel J. and William H. Heyward; his grandson, James Barnwell Heyward (1817-1886); Confederate brigadier general Samuel Wragg Ferguson (1834-1917); and others. Miscellaneous papers include the recollections (typed transcription, 134 p.) of Samuel Wragg Ferguson as a child in Charleston, S.C., a cadet at West Point, a soldier with the U.S. Army Mormon expedition, 1857-1858, and a Confederate brigadier general)
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