Rufus Saxton (October 19, 1824 – February 23, 1908) was a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military...

Joseph Saxton (1799–1873), American inventor Robert Saxton (born 1953), British composer Ron Saxton (born 1954), Oregon politician Rufus Saxton, (1824–1908)...

up Rufus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rufus is a masculine given name, a surname, an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname (from Latin rufus, "red")...

Union Army regiment during the American Civil War, formed by General Rufus Saxton. It was composed of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida. The...

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in Savannah, Georgia. Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, an abolitionist from Massachusetts who had previously organized the...

Edwin M. Stanton appointed General Rufus Saxton as military governor of Port Royal in April 1862, and by December Saxton was agitating for permanent black...

Union general they knew well, Rufus Saxton. The Davis family never saw Limber again. Limber briefly lived with Saxton in Charleston, South Carolina,...

in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Sherman appointed Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, an abolitionist from Massachusetts who had previously directed the recruitment...

Mary Tenney Castle (1819-1907), missionary and philanthropist in Hawaii Rufus Saxton (1824–1908), Union Army Brigadier General awarded Medal of Honor William...

archbishop and diplomat Bev Sanders, snowboarder, surfer, and company founder Rufus Saxton, brigadier general Bennett Jones Sims, Episcopal bishop Charles Pomeroy...

Addison Grant, USV – Assistant Secretary of War. Brevet Major General Rufus Saxton, USV – Defended Harper's Ferry during the Civil War. Brevet Major General...

Matthews and Caesar Antoine. In September 1862, Stanton authorized General Rufus Saxton, who had taken Hunter's position in command of parts of coastal South...

war, Delany initially remained with the Army and served under General Rufus Saxton in the 52nd U.S. Colored Troops. He was later transferred to the Freedmen's...

storekeeper. He was also in charge of the military stronghold under General Rufus Saxton. Zachos tried to teach the former slaves and studied their ability to...

Preceptor Joseph Root Field 1823-1824 16 Preceptor Jonathan A. Saxton 1824 17 Preceptor Rufus Saxton 1825 18 Preceptor Frederick H. Allen 1825 19 Preceptor Zenas...

banker Henry Y. Satterlee 1903 Bishop of Washington, Episcopal Church Rufus Saxton 1889–1891 colonel, assistant Quartermaster General, U.S. Army Antonin...

Horace Hubbard Benjamin Mayo Charles Osgood Jabez Pease Frederic Peirce Rufus Saxton Clark Sears Asa Severance Amos Stewart Daniel W. Temple Gardner Wilder...

H. Martindale, class of 1835, military Governor of Washington, D.C. Rufus Saxton, class of 1849, military governor of the Department of the South Fitzhugh...

colloquially as Ned, was aide-de-camp on the staff of Union Generals Rufus Saxton, Department of the South and John Adams Dix, Department of the East during...

until Congress shall regulate their title." Sherman appointed Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, an abolitionist from Massachusetts who had previously directed the recruitment...

return to the island in 1865 on an inspection with Brigadier General Rufus Saxton, who was quartermaster of the South Carolina Expeditionary Corps during...

and renamed it Camp Saxton after Union General Rufus Saxton who was in charge of the military district in the area. Camp Saxton is situated along the...

Sylvester Mowry out of the Columbia Barracks from the west and Lt. Rufus Saxton with Lt. Richard Arnold out of St. Marysville from the east. The Central...

General William H. Powell - Medal of Honor recipient. Brevet Major General Rufus Saxton - Medal of Honor recipient. Brevet Major General William H. Sewell -...

during the Civil War to collect the wages of Black soldiers. General Rufus Saxton established the first one in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1864. Other...

Barney was promoted to captain and assigned to the staff of General Rufus Saxton. He functioned as an assistant-adjutant general to the forces stationed...

(class of 1853). This also includes six recipients of the Medal of Honor: Rufus Saxton (class of 1849), Eugene Asa Carr (class of 1850), John Schofield (class...

Keeper. The military stronghold was supervised by Zachos under General Rufus Saxton. He is noted for writing and reciting poetry to the freed slaves. Ye...

Fowler, Edwin Stanton, Lafayette C. Baker, William Barclay Napton, Rufus Saxton, and Thomas W. Conway, and Jeremiah S. Black. Included among those interviewed...

national historic park. Camp Saxton Site/Emancipation Grove at Port Royal — this is the location where Union Army General Rufus Saxton publicly read the Emancipation...