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17 Facts About Rufus Ingalls

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Rufus Ingalls was an American military general who served as the 16th Quartermaster General of the United States Army.

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Rufus Ingalls's father Cyrus was a prominent local mill owner and politician who was among those at the Maine constitutional convention in 1819.

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Rufus Ingalls was brevetted as a Second Lieutenant and assigned to garrison duty in the western frontier.

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Rufus Ingalls distinguished himself in action at the skirmish at Eabudo and conflict at Pueblo de Taos, for which he received the brevet rank of first lieutenant.

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Rufus Ingalls became a quartermaster in 1848 and served in that role the rest of his career.

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In early 1854, while on duty in Washington DC, Rufus Ingalls was ordered to accompany the Steptoe Expedition from Fort Leavenworth in Kansas across the continent through the Utah Territory to the Pacific Coast.

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Rufus Ingalls became a major and then a lieutenant colonel in the volunteer army.

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Rufus Ingalls was promoted to the rank of major in January 1862.

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Rufus Ingalls helped establish effective supply depots at Yorktown, Eltham's Landing, Cumberland Landing, and White House Landing for McClellan's Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign.

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Rufus Ingalls skillfully evacuated White House Landing with all supplies, transportation and labor during the Seven Day's Battles.

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Rufus Ingalls was present at the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

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Rufus Ingalls won brevets to the rank of major general in both the regular and volunteer services.

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Rufus Ingalls served in a variety of quartermaster posts for the next two decades in New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago.

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Rufus Ingalls retired from the army in 1883 and entered civilian life in Oregon.

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Rufus Ingalls moved to New York City in 1891, where he died two years later at the age of 74.

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Rufus Ingalls was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Rufus Ingalls was inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in 1987.