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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1082

Civil War: Ruger, Thomas Howard (1833-1907). Soldier and lawyer, appointed Lt.-Colonel in 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, June 1861; Colonel in August, commanded the regiment in the Maryland and Shenandoah campaigns, wounded at Antietam; commissioned Brigadier General of Volunteers Nov. 1862; brevetted Brigadier General, regular army, in March 1867 for services at Gettysburg; military governor of Georgia during Reconstruction; Superintendent of the USMA at West Point (1871-1876). Autograph Document Signed "J.H. Ruger". Copy of Treasury Draft (number 946) from Spinner on lined stationery, halved (7 ¾ x 5 3/8"), U.S. Treasurer's Office, Washington, Nov. 6, 1861. "Pay to Thomas H. Ruger on order One Hundred Dollars #100#". On the back, Ruger has written: "Copy of Treasury Draft sent to my wife Nov 9th 61 J.H. Ruger". Minor spotting, Fine.

Estimate
$125 to $175