George David Ruggles (Missouri US Army lieut, chief of staff and adjutant general )
b. 1833-09-11 d. 1904-10-19
Missouri soldier and assistant adjutant general. New York native. Cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1855. Served in the United States Army as a lieutenant in St. Louis County, Missouri, in 1860. Served in the United States Army as adjutant general and chief of staff to General John Pope. Served in the United States Army as adjutant general to General George Gordon Meade.
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Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, Carondelet, p. 646.
New York, State Census (1855), Second Election District, Orange County, p. 37.
"Death of a Veteran," Stevens Point Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin), October 20, 1904, p. 2.
Find A Grave, "George David Ruggles (1833-1904)," Memorial #11572117, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11572117 (accessed July 3, 2020).
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Ruggles, George David. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203609 (November 12, 2026).
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