Cadwalader Ringgold

Cadwalader Ringgold was an officer in the United States Navy who served in the United States Exploring Expedition, later headed an expedition to the Northwest and, after initially retiring, returned to service during the Civil War.

Cadwalader Ringgold was born August 20, 1802 in Washington County, Maryland, at Fountain Rock, the 18,000acre family estate. His mother was Maria Cadwalader , daughter of John Cadwalader , who was a general during the American Revolutionary War. Some sources spell his first name with two ls. His father was Samuel Ringgold, a Maryland politician who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had an older brother, Samuel Ringgold, an army officer called the father of modern artillery and who died in the Battle of Palo Alto. Cadwalader was the sixth ofchildren, the youngest child of his mother, who then died. His father remarried and went on to have five more children by his second wife.

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