Rufus Ingalls (1818 - 1892)

Born 23 Aug 1818 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Jan 1892 at age 73 in New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Rufus was born in 1818. He is the son of Cyrus Ingalls and Sarah Barker. He graduated U.S. Military Academy 1843, First Lieutenant, 1847, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, 1848, Lieutenant-Colonel 1861, Major Quartermaster 1862, Chief Quartermaster of Army of Potomac 1862-65, Brigadier-General 1863, Lieutenant-Colonel and Deputy Quartermaster General, Regular Service 1866, and Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General 1866, Brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel, and Brigadier-General, 1865, Brigadier-General and Quarter-Master General of Army, 1882 Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Denmark, Maine, he graduated 32nd in the West Point class of 1843. He then joined the mounted rifles and dragoons, fought as a Lieutenant in Mexican War engagements in New Mexico Territory. There he earned a brevet for his efforts. On January 12, 1848, as a Captain, he became an Assistant Quartermaster. He stayed in the quartermaster service for the rest of his army career. After duty in the Far West he was stationed at Fort Pickens, Florida, for the crisis of early 1861. He was then sent north to the Army of the Potomac after the First Battle of Bull Run, and made Chief Quartermaster in September. He remained the chief of Eastern supply throughout the war and, after promotion to Major in the Regulars on January 12, 1862, he became a Brigadier General of Volunteers on May 23,1863. He later was promoted to brevet Brigadier General of Regulars on July 6, 1864. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant placed him in charge of supply in June 1864, with responsibility for all armies operating against Richmond. In this capacity he built up the huge supply depot at City Point, Virginia. He was relieved of duty at City Point on May 9, 1865, after being brevetted Major General in the volunteers and Regulars on March 13, 1865. Mustered out of the volunteers on September 1, 1866, he remained in the Regulars but reverted back to the rank of Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General. He then served in the Divisions of the Pacific and the Missouri and in New York City. He retired from the army on July 1, 1883, as Quartermaster General and Brigadier General, and died in New York City.

General Rufus Ingalls served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: April 1 1861
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Army of the Potomac

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4899/rufus-ingalls: accessed February 29, 2024), memorial page for Rufus Ingalls (23 Aug 1818–15 Jan 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 4899, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
• Kent Masterson Brown, Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command, (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2021): 462

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ingalls.htm

https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=1047