caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place unit placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
samuel ringgold by john vanderlyn , c. 1825 1818 & ndash ; 1846 25px united states army may 11 , 1846 port isabel , texas maryland 3rd artillery regiment place of burial mexican -- american war 1796 green mount cemetery , baltimore major samuelringgoldbyjohnvanderlyn.jpg samuel ringgold -lrb- united states army officer -rrb-
 samuel ringgold
samuel ringgold -lrb- united states army officer -rrb-

samuel b. ringgold -lrb- 1796 -- may 11 , 1846 -rrb- was an artillery officer in the united states army who was noted for several military innovations which caused him to be called the `` father of modern artillery . ''
he was also , according to some records , the first u.s. officer to fall in the mexican-american war , perishing from wounds received at the battle of palo alto .
