1. Daniel Ruggles was a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
15 Facts About Daniel Ruggles
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Daniel Ruggles was a division commander at the Battle of Shiloh.
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Daniel Ruggles was appointed a brevet 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th US Infantry Regiment and was posted in Wisconsin.
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Daniel Ruggles spent the next years in the Midwest with border duty and recruiting services.
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In 1839, by now a 1st Lieutenant, Daniel Ruggles participated in the war against the Seminoles in Florida.
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Daniel Ruggles was breveted for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct to Major after Churubusco and to Lieutenant Colonel after Chapultepec.
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Simultaneously commanding the District of Northern Alabama, Daniel Ruggles's brigade moved westwards into Mississippi with Bragg in February 1862.
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Daniel Ruggles now was assigned to command a division in Bragg's Corps in the Army of Mississippi.
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Daniel Ruggles fought with General John C Breckinridge, the former Vice President of the United States, in the 1862 campaign to regain control of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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The combined Breckinridge-Daniel Ruggles forces were unable to regain the capital city.
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From August 15 to August 29,1862 Daniel Ruggles was in command of the Port Hudson position on the Mississippi in Louisiana and supervised the planning and initial construction of fortifications in that region.
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Daniel Ruggles commanded Ferguson's brigade of Confederate cavalry, and ten or twelve field pieces.
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Daniel Ruggles oversaw the final exchange of Union prisoners of war at the end of the conflict.
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Daniel Ruggles later served as a member of the West Point Board of Visitors.
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Daniel Ruggles died in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1897; and rests there in the Confederate Cemetery.