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According to NRA co-founder George Wingate's own account in his 1896 History of the Twenty-Second Regiment of the National Guard of the State of New York, the organization was founded to...

George Wood Wingate was an American lawyer and organizer of rifle practice. During the Civil War he served in a New York regiment, and later supervised the construction of elevated railways in Brooklyn. In 1867 Wingate drew up rules for systematic rifle practice by Company A, 22d regiment, New York National Guard, of which he was then captain.

WINGATE, George Wood, lawyer, born in New York city, 1 July, 1840. He was educated in New York, and at the age of thirteen entered a law-office, where he continued until his admission to the bar in 1861. During the civil war he served with the 22d New York National guards, which he entered as a private, and was promoted until he became captain.

Church co-founded the NRA with another Brooklynit­e and Civil War veteran, George Wood Wingate. He was a New York national guardsman who was promoted amid fighting in Carlisle near the battle of Gettysburg. Wingate would go on to become the NRA’s master rifle trainer.

Church co-founded the NRA with another Brooklynite and Civil War veteran, George Wood Wingate. He was a New York national guardsman who was promoted amid fighting in Carlisle near the battle of...

Wingate Park. This park is named for George Wood Wingate (1840-1928), best known for co-founding the National Rifle Association (NRA). A Union general in the Civil War, Wingate was disturbed by the inadequate skills of the Northern soldiers, feeling they lacked discipline and were poor marksmen.

The Wingate neighborhood of Brooklyn is named in his honor. Wingate was an American soldier, lawyer, philanthropist and promoter of marksmanship. During the Civil War he served in a New York regiment, and later supervised the construction of elevated railways in Brooklyn.

George Wood Wingate (1840–1928) was an American lawyer and organizer of rifle practice. During the Civil War he served in a New York regiment, and later supervised the construction of elevated railways in Brooklyn. In 1867 Wingate drew up rules for systematic rifle practice by Company A, 22d...