Keywords: Edmund Ruffin. Fired the 1st shot in the Late War. Killed himself at close of War., ca. 1861 - NARA - 530493.tif Local identifier 111-BA-1226 War Department Office of the Chief Signal Officer 08/01/1866 - 09/18/1947 Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 other date ~ 1861 Record group Record Group 111 Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer 1860 - 1985 Record group ARC 440 Civil War-Era Photographs compiled ca 1921 - ca 1921 Series ARC 530485 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-111-BA-1226 General notes Use War and Conflict Number 136 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image Scope and content File unit File unit ARC yes NARA-cooperation PD-USGov 1794 births 1865 deaths People of the Confederate States of America Army People who died by suicide |