Matt Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826 – October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895.
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Here is "An address on the military and civil services of General Matt. W. Ransom, May 10, 1906" by WM. H. S. Burgwynn.
(Johnson-Caswell Lodge 10, NC)
