Rufus Saxton
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 83 years 127 days (1000 months)Star Sign: Libra
Rufus Saxton (October 19, 1824 – February 23, 1908) was a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions defending Harpers Ferry during Confederate General Jackson's Valley Campaign.
After the war he served as the Freedmen's Bureau's first assistant commissioner.
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