In Defense of James W. Ripley

Was James Ripley Really Such an Idiot? Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve been hearing collectors heap abuse on James Wolfe Ripley, the Union’s Chief of Ordnance during the initial years of the Civil War. People really don’t like this guy…and he’s been dead since 1870! The reasons why Ripley is so unpopular …

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