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George Wood Wingate
1840–1928
A Civil War veteran, lawyer, and energetic civic organizer, he helped turn marksmanship and school athletics into organized public causes in New York. He is best remembered as a co-founder of the National Rifle Association and an early champion of the Public Schools Athletic League.
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The Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment, N.G., S.N.Y. June and July, 1863
by George Wood Wingate
A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the country
by George Wood Wingate, Ammon B. Critchfield, National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice
About the author
Born in New York City in 1840, George Wood Wingate built a career that crossed law, military service, and public life. During the Civil War he served with the New York National Guard, an experience that shaped his lasting interest in rifle training and military preparedness.
After the war, he became known as one of the key figures behind organized rifle practice in the United States. He was a co-founder of the National Rifle Association of America and later served as its president, promoting marksmanship as a skill he believed had civic and practical value.
Wingate also put his energy into youth athletics. In 1903 he helped support the creation of New York City's Public Schools Athletic League and became its first president, serving for more than 25 years. That mix of discipline, public service, and institution-building made him an influential, if now lesser-known, figure in New York's civic history.