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Who was Edmund Ruffin?

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9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

There have been several people named Edmund Ruffin. One particular one was part of the US Civil War. He was a Southerner who helped to fire upon Fort Sumter in 1861. At age 66 he took part in that war action and was noted as a pioneer, chemist and ardent secessionist.

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