Thomas Hart Ruffin (September 9, 1820 – October 17, 1863) was a Congressional Representative from

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; born in

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, September 9, 1820; attended the common schools; graduated from the

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, 1841; lawyer, private practice; circuit attorney of the seventh judicial district of the state of

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1844–1848; elected as a

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to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861); delegate to the

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at Richmond, Va., in July 1861; during the

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served in the

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of the 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment,

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; mortally wounded in action on October 14, 1863, at Auburn, Virginia; died October 17, 1863, in Grace Church Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia; interment in the private cemetery on the Ruffin homestead, near Louisburg, N.C.

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U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory
1820 births 1863 deaths People from Louisburg, North Carolina Confederate States Army officers People of North Carolina in the American Civil War Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States 19th-century American politicians United States politicians killed during the Civil War Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War Ruffin family {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub

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