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Ringgold, Samuel Ringgold, Samuel(1800–46) soldier; born in Washington County, Md. The son of a congressman, he graduated from West Point in 1818. At the head of a corps of "flying artillery," he advanced his guns to within 100 yards of the Mexican lines at Palo Alto (May 8, 1846); mortally wounded there, he died a few days later. |