George D. Ruggles

George D. Ruggles was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1893 to 1897.

He was born in Newburgh, New York. His parents died when he was young, and he was raised by his uncle, Charles H. Ruggles, who was Chief Justice of the New York Court of Appeals. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1855 and was appointed to the 2nd Infantry, in which he served until the outbreak of the American Civil War.

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