Matt W. Ransom, Confederate General from North Carolina

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On May 8, 1861, Matt Ransom resigned from the North Carolina House of Commons and accepted a commission as a Confederate officer. Like many North Carolinians, Ransom had been reluctant to see his state leave the Union; though he owned slaves on the onset of the war, he strongly believed that slavery used to be a doomed institution. Alternatively, the action at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, had made his plan of action all but inevitable. Regardless of the fact he used to be without military experience or training, Ransom saw it as his duty to enroll in the Confederate forces. He left at the back of a young circle of relatives and courageously fought Union forces until the end of the war; his brigade used to be present at Appomattox for Robert E. Lees give up. He used to be twice wounded in battle and used to be widely recognized as an efficient and highly competent leader by enlisted men and officers alike. After the war, he returned to his beloved North Carolina, and following considerable hardship, rebuilt his plantation.

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