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Caption: General Thomas Ruger
Additional Description: Ruger graduated third in his class (1854) at West Point. He resigned and worked as a lawyer before the war. When war broke out, he became a Lt. Col. in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. During the war he commanded at Brigade and Division level. Remaining in the Army after the war, he retired a Major General in 1897, and died in 1907
(Library of Congress Collection, Call Number LC-B814- 1673)
Submitted: November 20, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p44123
File Size: 0.011 Megabytes

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