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This week someone sent me a copy of the obituary (datelined Charleston Post & Courier Sept 8 2013) for Warren Ripley, age 92. He passed Saturday the 7th of September. I am absolutely amazed that this event passed without notice on this web site. His work covered many publications and a number of topics, however he is likely best known to most of us for his research and writing of "Artillery and Ammunition of the American Civil War" Promontory Press, New York City,1970. That publication continues to serve as a primary source for my own work and frequently gets first attention whenever a question has to be "researched".
RIP Warren Ripley.
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