page_title: William Ruffin Cox
hierarchical_section_title: William Ruffin Cox
caption_attribution_description: Gen. William R. Cox, C.S.A., from A sketch of the life and service of General William Ruffin Cox&#160;; including the address of Hon. Frank S. Spruill at the Presentation of Portrait of General William Ruffin Cox to the State of North Carolina. Richmond, Va.&#160;: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1921.
context_page_description: William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the Senate from 1893 to 1900.
context_section_description: William Ruffin Cox (March 11, 1831 or 1832 – December 26, 1919) was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the Senate from 1893 to 1900.
caption: Portrait of William R. Cox by Marietta Minnigerode Andrews.
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