Truman B. Ransom
| Truman B. Ransom | |
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| Born |
September 20, 1802 |
| Died |
September 13, 1847 (aged 44) Chapultepec, Mexico |
| Buried at | Fairview Cemetery Norwich, Vermont |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
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| Years of service | 1830s-1840s (Vermont Militia) 1847 (Army) |
| Rank |
 Colonel (USA) Major General (Militia) |
| Commands held | 9th U.S. Infantry |
| Battles/wars | |
| Other work |
 Professor and President, Norwich University
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Truman B. Ransom (September 20, 1802 – September 13, 1847) was a Vermont educator and military officer who served as President of Norwich University and commander of a regiment in the Mexican–American War. He was killed at the Battle of Chapultepec.
Truman Bishop Ransom was born in on September 20, 1802. At age 13 he was apprenticed as a chair-maker and painter. At age 16 he began attendance at the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy, now called Norwich University, alternating semesters with work for his employer in Quechee, Vermont to pay his tuition.
Ransom graduated in 1825 and began a career as an educator, teaching at several colleges started or overseen by Norwich University founder Alden Partridge, or that operated on his Norwich University model, including Jefferson College in Mississippi. In 1835 Ransom became Vice President of Norwich University and was also appointed Professor of natural philosophy and engineering.
Ransom volunteered for the militia in the 1830s, and advanced through the ranks from Captain to Major General, gaining experience as a drill master and commander of units from company to brigade. In 1836 he received his Master of Arts degree from Norwich. From 1837 to 1844 Ransom served as commander of the Vermont Militia's 3rd Division with the rank of Major General, and he published a manual on tactics for militia that was distributed throughout United States, Military Tactics and Instructions For The Use Of The Volunteers and Militia of the United States. In 1844 Ransom was appointed Norwich University's President, the first to hold the office after Alden Partridge.
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