Ramsey attended the University of North Carolina after leaving R-MC, graduating from UNC in 1848. He was a merchant and farmer when he enlisted on April 15, 1861 as a sergeant in Co. M of the 15th NC Infantry. He was promoted to captain and transferred to Co. D of the 61st NC Infantry on March 21, 1862.
He returned to Chatham County, NC after the war and was a farmer. By 1880, he had moved to Durham, NC and was a bookkeeper. The 1900 census lists him as a sign maker in Durham. He died September 11, 1906 and is buried in Durham's Maplewood Cemetery.
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