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| | Maj. Gen. Thomas Howard Ruger Camp # 1 SUVCW |
 | | Thomas Howard Ruger, son of Thomas Jefferson Ruger and Marie Hutchins Ruger, was born in Lima, Livingston County, N. Y., April 2, 1833. |
 | | Colonel Ruger, as has been told, commanded the regiment from August, 1861 to September, 1862, and led it in the campaign in the Valley, in the combat at Winchester, in Pope's campaign, at Cedar Mountain; under McClellan at Antietam. |
 | | He conducted the brigade to the west, served in the arduous campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, all which was as laborious to commanders of brigades as to their subordinates, because of the constant activity, night marching and unceasing vigilance exacted. |
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