serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1843 65 -lrb- csa -rrb- -- 53 -lrb- usa -rrb- , 1861 -- usa csa 29 march 1887 new york city worthington , ohio usa of america 1837 united states of america csa confederate states place of burial u.s.-mexican veracruz - battle of cerro gordo - battle of contreras war - battle of churubusco - battle of molino del rey - - battle of chapultepec - battle of mexico city seminole battle wars american civil war - battle of fort sumter - of battle of mechanicsville - battle of gaines mill - battle monterey of malvern hill - battle of south mountain - battle - of antietam - battle of fredericksburg - charleston harbor battle of 14 march 1823 magnolia cemetery , charleston 35px -lrb- csa -rrb- brevet major -lrb- usa -rrb- 35px brigadier general rsripley.jpg roswell s. ripley
 roswell sabine ripley
roswell s. ripley

roswell sabine ripley -lrb- march 14 , 1823 -- march 29 , 1887 -rrb- was an officer in the united states army during the mexican-american war and , despite being northern-born , a brigadier general in the confederate states army during the civil war .
he was also an author and a prosperous south carolina businessman .
