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RIPLEY
Ostiiiflli. Henry D. Thoreaii. Mrs. Abby Mor-
ton Diaz, and J<.Iim S. Dwi^ht. Part of the
youtliful days of George William Curtis, Nath-
aniel Hawthorne, and Charles A. Dana were
si)ent there. From 1841 to 1846 Ripley and his
friends carried on their plan of brotherhood and
co-operation, but finally public interest flagged,
a fire consumed one of the largest buildings, the
land proved unfertile and the sclieme failed.
Ripley removed to Flatbush. L.I., where his
wife taught school, and in 1848 lie went to New
York city, where he was employed bj' Mr. Gree-
ley as literai-y critic on the Tribmie, a position
then unknown in the newspaper world, and which
he held up to the time of his death. The hon-
orary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by
Lawrence university. Wis., in 1874. and by the
University of Michigan in 1875. He edited TJie
Dial in conjunction with Ralph Waldo Emer.son
and Margaret Fuller in 1840. He was manuscript
reader for J. C. Derby & Co., 1853-.54, and for
Harj>er «& Brothers, 1854-57; co-editor with Charles
A. Dana of the "New American Cyclopedia"
and the "American Cyclopedia," published b}'
D. Appleton & Co., 1867-76; edited "Specimens
of Foreign Standard Literature "' (15 vols., 1838),
popularly known among booksellers in 1840 as
" Ripley's Foreign Classics." His emolument as
royalty from the sale of the American Cyclopedia
is said to have aggregated §100,000. He is the
author of : Latest Forms of Infidelity (1840) , and
with Bayard Taylor, of Handbook of Literature
and Fine Arts (1852). He died in New York city,
July 4, -[WO.
RIPLEY, James Wolfe, soldier, was born in Windham, Conn., Dec. 10, 1794. He was grad- iiated from the U.S. Military academy, and pro- moted 2d lieutenant of artillery, June 1, 1814; served during the war of 1812 ; in the defence of Sacket Harbor. N.Y., 1814-15; was on garrison duty, 181.5-16 ; in the Seminole war, 1817-18, and as quartermaster up to 1821. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, April 20, 1818, and was assigned to the 4th artillery, on the re-organization of the army. June 1, 1821. He was boundary commis- sioner of the Florida Indians reservation, 1823- 24 ; on duty at the artillery school for practice. Fort Monroe, Va., 1826-28 ; was promoted captain of ordnance. May 30, 1832 ; was stationed in forts inCharleslou harbor, S.C, 1832-33; in command of Kennebec arsenal, Maine, 1833-42, and was pro- moted major of ordnance, July 7, 1838. He was superintendent of the Springfield armory, Mass., 1841-54, and a memljer of the board of ordnance, Feb. 10 to March 6, 1847. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, May 30, 1848, for meritorious conduct, particularly in the performance of his duty in the prosecution of the war with Mexico ; was promoted lieutenant-colonel of ordnance,
Dec. 31, 1854 ; was in command of the Water-
town arsenal, Mass., 1854-55; chief of ordnance
of the Pacific department, 1855-57 ; inspector of
arsenals, 1857-60, and absent on special duty to
Japan, 1860-61. He was promoted colonel and
chief of ordnance, U.S.A., April 3, 1861 ; was
brevetted brigadier-general, July 2, 1861; pro-
moted brigadier-general and chief of ordnance,
Aug. 3, 1801, and was chief of ordnance at Wash-
ington, D.C., 1861-63. He was retired from active
service, Sept. 15, 1863, serving as inspector of
the armament of fortifications on the New Eng-
land coast, 1863-70. He was brevetted major-
general, March 13, 1865, for long and faithful ser-
vices. He died in Hartford, Conn., March 16, 1^70.
RIPLEY, Rosweil Sabine, soldier, was born in
WortJiiugton, Oliio, March 14. 1823. He was
graduated from the U.S. Military academy, and
was brevetted 2d lieutenant of 3d artillery, July
1, 1843, serving on garrison duty, 1843-45. and as
assistant professor of mathematics at the U.S.
Military academy, 1845-46 ; was promoted 2nd
lieutenant and assigned to the 2nd artillery,
March 26, 1846 ; served on the coast survey,
January-May, 1846 ; in the war with Mexico,.
1846—48, taking part in the battle of Monterey,
September 21-26, 1846 ; was promoted 1st lieuten-
ant, March 3, 1847 ; took part in the siege of Vera
Cruz, March 9-29, 1847; was brevetted captain,
April 8, 1817, for gallant and meritorious conduct
at the battle of Cerro Gordo; took part in tiie
battles of Contreras, Aug. 19-20, 1847 ; Ciiuiu-
busco, Aug. 20, 1847 ; Molino Del Rey, Sept. 8,
1847, and in the assault and capture of the City
of Mexico, Sept. 13-14, 1847. He was brevetted
major, Sept. 13, 1847, for gallant and meritorious
conduct in the battle of Chapultepec, Mex., and
was aide-de-camp to Gen. G. J. Pillow, 1847-48.
He took part in the Florida campaign against the
Seminole Indians, 1849-.50 ; was on garri.son duty,
1850-53. and resigned his commission in the
army. March 2, 1853. He entered the Confeder-
ate army in 1861, was commissioned lieutenant-
colonel, commanded the artillery on Sullivan's
Island, and directed the fire on Fort Sumter,
April 13, 1861. He was appointed brigadier-
general in April, 1861 ; was given command of
the Department of South Carolina and its coast
defences ; was in charge of the 2d militarj- dis-
trict of South Carolina, December, 1801-May,
1862 ; commanded the 5th brigade, Hill's division,
army of Northern Virginia, under Gen. Robert
E. Lee, in the seven days' battles before Rich-
mond, in the battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines's
Mill and Malvern Hill, June 26-July 1,1862;
commanded a brigade. Hill's division, Jackson's
comniaml. in the ]\Iaryland campaign, and was
wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. He com-
manded the first militai V district of South Caro-
