General Rufus Ingalls at City Point, Va. - March 1865
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LOC Title: City Point, Virginia. General Rufus Ingalls, U.S.A
Date: March 1865
Photographer: Not identified
Notes: Below is some background information on Gen. Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac, from an obituary in the Library of Congress digital newspaper collection
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The Evening Star
Washington, D.C., Monday, January 16, 1893
DEATH OF GEN. RUFUS INGALLS.
Grant’s Quartermaster General Dies Suddenly – To Be Buried at Arlington.
General Rufus Ingalls died suddenly yesterday morning in the Grand Hotel, New York city, of heart disease. General Ingalls had been in seeming good health up to the time of his death, but occasionally complained of a feeling of dizziness when standing, which was relieved when he lay down. These symptoms were not at all alarming to his friends, and his death will prove a shock to his many army friends and associates. The relatives are Jonathan Ingalls, a brother, who lives in Bridgeton, Me.: Henry Ingalls, a cousin, who lives in Wiscasset, Me., and Captain Charles H. Ingalls, of the United States Army.
He was born In Denmark, Me, August 20, 1819, and came of a race of fighters, his grandfather being an officer in the revolutionary war. He entered West Point in 1839, and was graduated in 1843. He was a classmate of Gen. Grant and they were close friends for life. He was appointed to the first dragoons on graduation, and was brevetted for gallantry in the actions at Embudo and Taos, N.M., in 1847. He was appointed lieutenant colonel and aid-de-camp to General George B. McClellan in 1861, and was chief quartermaster in the Army of the Potomac from 1862 to 1865. Gen. Ingalls was generally acknowledged to be one of the most efficient quartermasters that ever lived, and the system he introduced and perfected for promptly supplying that great and constantly growing army was held up as a model. Gen. Grant was a great admirer of his executive ability and said of him: “If he could have been spared to any of the other departments he would have made his mark as a fighter.” He was brevetted brigadier general in July, 1864, and major general of volunteers in March, 1865, for faithful and meritorious service during the war.
After the war he served as chief quarter master in New York, Chicago, and Washington, and was made quartermaster general of the army in March, 1882. He was retired at his own request the following year and spent most of his time in Oregon. He was a close friend of old "Ben" Halliday, and was made guardian of Halliday's two children by his second wife, Esther Campbell in 1886. He was much attached to the children, and when the Campbell family after a long litigation took them away from him in 1891, he felt it keenly and aged rapidly after that. Gen. Ingalls was short and heavily built, but he was very quick and energetic in his movements. He was fond of good company and good living. He belonged to the Loyal Legion, the Aztec Society and Lafayette Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
The funeral of Gen. Ingalls will take place in this city tomorrow. The interment will be at Arlington….It has been arranged that the military escort shall meet the remains at the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge, about a mile from Arlington….”
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Red/Cyan (not red/blue) glasses of the proper density must be used to view 3D effect without ghosting. Anaglyph prepared using red cyan glasses from The Center For Civil War Photography / Civil War Trust. CCWP Link: www.civilwarphotography.org/
General Rufus Ingalls at City Point, Va. - March 1865
3D red/cyan anaglyph created from glass plate stereograph at Library of Congress - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog at:
LOC Title: City Point, Virginia. General Rufus Ingalls, U.S.A
Date: March 1865
Photographer: Not identified
Notes: Below is some background information on Gen. Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac, from an obituary in the Library of Congress digital newspaper collection
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The Evening Star
Washington, D.C., Monday, January 16, 1893
DEATH OF GEN. RUFUS INGALLS.
Grant’s Quartermaster General Dies Suddenly – To Be Buried at Arlington.
General Rufus Ingalls died suddenly yesterday morning in the Grand Hotel, New York city, of heart disease. General Ingalls had been in seeming good health up to the time of his death, but occasionally complained of a feeling of dizziness when standing, which was relieved when he lay down. These symptoms were not at all alarming to his friends, and his death will prove a shock to his many army friends and associates. The relatives are Jonathan Ingalls, a brother, who lives in Bridgeton, Me.: Henry Ingalls, a cousin, who lives in Wiscasset, Me., and Captain Charles H. Ingalls, of the United States Army.
He was born In Denmark, Me, August 20, 1819, and came of a race of fighters, his grandfather being an officer in the revolutionary war. He entered West Point in 1839, and was graduated in 1843. He was a classmate of Gen. Grant and they were close friends for life. He was appointed to the first dragoons on graduation, and was brevetted for gallantry in the actions at Embudo and Taos, N.M., in 1847. He was appointed lieutenant colonel and aid-de-camp to General George B. McClellan in 1861, and was chief quartermaster in the Army of the Potomac from 1862 to 1865. Gen. Ingalls was generally acknowledged to be one of the most efficient quartermasters that ever lived, and the system he introduced and perfected for promptly supplying that great and constantly growing army was held up as a model. Gen. Grant was a great admirer of his executive ability and said of him: “If he could have been spared to any of the other departments he would have made his mark as a fighter.” He was brevetted brigadier general in July, 1864, and major general of volunteers in March, 1865, for faithful and meritorious service during the war.
After the war he served as chief quarter master in New York, Chicago, and Washington, and was made quartermaster general of the army in March, 1882. He was retired at his own request the following year and spent most of his time in Oregon. He was a close friend of old "Ben" Halliday, and was made guardian of Halliday's two children by his second wife, Esther Campbell in 1886. He was much attached to the children, and when the Campbell family after a long litigation took them away from him in 1891, he felt it keenly and aged rapidly after that. Gen. Ingalls was short and heavily built, but he was very quick and energetic in his movements. He was fond of good company and good living. He belonged to the Loyal Legion, the Aztec Society and Lafayette Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
The funeral of Gen. Ingalls will take place in this city tomorrow. The interment will be at Arlington….It has been arranged that the military escort shall meet the remains at the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge, about a mile from Arlington….”
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Red/Cyan (not red/blue) glasses of the proper density must be used to view 3D effect without ghosting. Anaglyph prepared using red cyan glasses from The Center For Civil War Photography / Civil War Trust. CCWP Link: www.civilwarphotography.org/