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R. Bruce Ricketts
Robert Bruce Ricketts (April 29, 1839 – November 13, 1918) distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War.〔Lindbuchler, Ryan L. (2001) ''Gone But Not Forgotten: Civil War Veterans of Northeastern Pennsylvania.'' Wilkes-Barre, PA: Luzerne County Historical Society〕 He is best known for his battery’s defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.〔Lindbuchler, Ryan L. (2001) ''Gone But Not Forgotten: Civil War Veterans of Northeastern Pennsylvania.'' Wilkes-Barre, PA: Luzerne County Historical Society〕
==Early life==
Elijah Ricketts was a merchant and farmer in Orangeville in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Leigh Lockart (1810–1891) in 1830. Robert Bruce Ricketts was the fifth of nine children of this union, born on April 29, 1839. An older brother, William Wallace Ricketts (b. 1837), attended the United States Military Academy; but he died in 1862. Bruce Rick.etts was educated at the Wyoming Seminary near Wilkes-Barre. When the war broke out, he was studying law and considering the possibility of a university education.
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