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Brigadier General James B. Ricketts of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform
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Photograph
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Brigadier General James B. Ricketts of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform
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Charles D. Fredricks & Co., photographer
Date Created
1861-1866
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A half-body portrait photograph of Union Brigadier General James B. Ricketts in uniform
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Half-body portrait photograph of Brigadier General James B. Ricketts
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Photographic print
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Library of Congress
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Brigadier General James Brewerton Ricketts
(1817 - 1887)
Home State: New York
Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1839;Class Rank: 16/31
Command Billet: Commanding Division
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Division, I Corps
On the Campaign-He commanded the Second Division of the First Army Corps in Maryland. He was injured when a horse fell on him at Antietam on 17 September 1862, but remained on the field.
(1817 - 1887)
Home State: New York
Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1839;Class Rank: 16/31
Command Billet: Commanding Division
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Division, I Corps
On the Campaign-He commanded the Second Division of the First Army Corps in Maryland. He was injured when a horse fell on him at Antietam on 17 September 1862, but remained on the field.
