Thomas H. Ruger

Thomas Ruger

Thomas Howard Ruger (born April 2, 1833 in Lima , New York - † June 3, 1907 in Stamford , Connecticut ) was an American general and military governor of Georgia in 1868.

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Thomas Howard Ruger graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1854 and was then stationed as a lieutenant in the US Army in New Orleans . In 1855 he resigned from the military and became a lawyer in Wisconsin . When the civil war broke out , he returned to military service. In the course of the war he took part in many battles, including at Gettysburg . In 1864 he was one of the commanders of General William T. Sherman on his march through Georgia and South Carolina .

After the war he was in command of a regiment stationed in occupied Atlanta. When the then Governor of Georgia, Charles J. Jenkins , refused to ratify the new federal laws, including the 14th Amendment, he was removed from office by General George Meade , who was in command of the district. Meade named Thomas Ruger military governor of Georgia. Ruger held this office from January to June 1868. He was then commander of the Alabama Military District . From 1871 to 1876 he was director of the West Point Military Academy. Between 1876 and 1897 he held various commandos in almost all parts of the United States. In 1897 he retired as major general. He died in Stamford in 1907 and was buried in West Point Cemetery.

Web links

• Biography of Thomas H. Ruger (Officers of the Volunteer Army and Navy who served in the Civil War, published by LR Hamersly & Co, 1893, 419 pgs) (English)
• Thomas H. Ruger in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Thomas Ruger in the National Governors Association (English)