Thomas Howard Ruger
Born: April 3, 1833
Birthplace: Lima, New York
Father: Rev. Thomas Jefferson Ruger 1802 – 1878
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin)
Mother: Maria Hutchins 1804 – 1886
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin)
Wife: Helen Lydia Moore 1837 – 1912
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Children:
Helen Moore Ruger Hay 1859 – 1920
(Buried: Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania)
Anna M. Ruger 1867 – 1944
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Education:
1854: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (3rd in class)
Occupation before War:
1854 – 1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers
1854 – 1855: Assistant Engineer for Defenses of New Orleans
1855: Resigned from United States Army on April 1st
1856 – 1861: Attorney in Janesville, Wisconsin
Civil War Career:
1861: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Infantry
1863: Brigade Commander at Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Temporary Division Commander at Battle of Gettysburg, PA.
1863: Helped Suppress the draft riots in New York City, New York
1864: Served in the Atlanta Campaign as Brigade Commander
1864: Division Commander during the Tennessee Campaign
1864: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry at Battle of Franklin, TN.
1865: Led his division in North Carolina
1865 – 1866: Commander of Union Army Dept. of North Carolina
1866: Mustered out of Volunteer Service on September 1st
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1869: Colonel of United States Army 33rd Infantry Regiment
1866 – 1867: Regimental Commander in Macon, Georgia
1867: Regimental Commander District of Chattanooga, Tennessee
1867: Brevetted Brigadier General for Gallantry at Gettysburg, PA.
1867 – 1868: Regimental Commander in Atlanta, Georgia
1868: Provisional Governor for the State of Georgia
1868 – 1869: Commander of U.S. Army Department of Alabama
1869: Commander of U.S. Army Department of the South
1869 – 1886: Colonel of United States Army 18th Infantry Regiment
1869 – 1870: Regimental Commander in Atlanta, Georgia
1871: Member of United States Army Retiring Board
1871: Regimental Commander in Atlanta, Georgia
1871 – 1876: Superintendent of West Point Military Academy
1876 – 1878: Commander of U.S. Army Department of the South
1878 – 1879: Regimental Post Commander in Atlanta, Georgia
1879 – 1885: Regimental Commander District of Montana
1885 – 1886: Regimental Commander at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1886 – 1895: Brigadier General in United States Army
1895 – 1897: Major General of United States Army
1895: Special Duty for United States War Department
1897: Retired from United States Army on April 2nd
1897 – 1907: Retired living in Stamford, Connecticut
Died: June 3, 1907
Place of Death: Stamford, Connecticut
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York
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