Military:
30 Jun 1862-10 Feb 1865
New York Volunteers, Paymaster's Dept Infantry Regiment
....Prom Full Major on 30 Jun 1862. Commissioned an officer in U.S. Volunteer Paymaster's Dept Inf Reg on 30 Jun 1862. Mustered out on 10 Feb 1865.
At 2:30 a.m. on 14 October 1864, Mosby's Guerillas attacked at military train two miles east of Kearneysville, West Virginia. Aboard that train was David and fellow Paymaster Major Moore, with a payroll of $173,000 to pay General Sheridan's soldiers. Both Paymasters and 18 other soldiers were taken prisoner and sent to the Confederate Military Prison at Danville, Virginia. David died at the military prison on 10 February 1865.
.... Error on grave marker when interred -- should have been "David Colden Ruggles" instead of "David Golden Ruggles")
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David Ruggles (1783-1837)
Sarah Colden (1783-)
Submitter/Researcher:
(Relationship to Deceased - husband of 5th cousin 5x removed)
David Jo Canfield (1956 - ) (#47640795)
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE
New York, New York
Tuesday, 9 May 1865, Page 5
RUGGLES. -- At the Danville, Va., Military Prison, on Friday, Feb. 10, 1865, Major D. Colden Ruggles, Additional Paymaster United States Army.
The funeral will take place at 1 1/2 P.M., on Wednesday, 10th inst., from Calvary Church, Fourth ave. The friends of the family are invited to attend, without further notice.
The remains will be taken to Nyack, New York, for interment.
Contributor: Richard Worthy (47466687)
30 Jun 1862-10 Feb 1865
New York Volunteers, Paymaster's Dept Infantry Regiment
....Prom Full Major on 30 Jun 1862. Commissioned an officer in U.S. Volunteer Paymaster's Dept Inf Reg on 30 Jun 1862. Mustered out on 10 Feb 1865.
At 2:30 a.m. on 14 October 1864, Mosby's Guerillas attacked at military train two miles east of Kearneysville, West Virginia. Aboard that train was David and fellow Paymaster Major Moore, with a payroll of $173,000 to pay General Sheridan's soldiers. Both Paymasters and 18 other soldiers were taken prisoner and sent to the Confederate Military Prison at Danville, Virginia. David died at the military prison on 10 February 1865.
.... Error on grave marker when interred -- should have been "David Colden Ruggles" instead of "David Golden Ruggles")
s/o
David Ruggles (1783-1837)
Sarah Colden (1783-)
Submitter/Researcher:
(Relationship to Deceased - husband of 5th cousin 5x removed)
David Jo Canfield (1956 - ) (#47640795)
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE
New York, New York
Tuesday, 9 May 1865, Page 5
RUGGLES. -- At the Danville, Va., Military Prison, on Friday, Feb. 10, 1865, Major D. Colden Ruggles, Additional Paymaster United States Army.
The funeral will take place at 1 1/2 P.M., on Wednesday, 10th inst., from Calvary Church, Fourth ave. The friends of the family are invited to attend, without further notice.
The remains will be taken to Nyack, New York, for interment.
Contributor: Richard Worthy (47466687)
Military:
30 Jun 1862-10 Feb 1865
New York Volunteers, Paymaster's Dept Infantry Regiment
....Prom Full Major on 30 Jun 1862. Commissioned an officer in U.S. Volunteer Paymaster's Dept Inf Reg on 30 Jun 1862. Mustered out on 10 Feb 1865.
At 2:30 a.m. on 14 October 1864, Mosby's Guerillas attacked at military train two miles east of Kearneysville, West Virginia. Aboard that train was David and fellow Paymaster Major Moore, with a payroll of $173,000 to pay General Sheridan's soldiers. Both Paymasters and 18 other soldiers were taken prisoner and sent to the Confederate Military Prison at Danville, Virginia. David died at the military prison on 10 February 1865.
.... Error on grave marker when interred -- should have been "David Colden Ruggles" instead of "David Golden Ruggles")
s/o
David Ruggles (1783-1837)
Sarah Colden (1783-)
Submitter/Researcher:
(Relationship to Deceased - husband of 5th cousin 5x removed)
David Jo Canfield (1956 - ) (#47640795)
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE
New York, New York
Tuesday, 9 May 1865, Page 5
RUGGLES. -- At the Danville, Va., Military Prison, on Friday, Feb. 10, 1865, Major D. Colden Ruggles, Additional Paymaster United States Army.
The funeral will take place at 1 1/2 P.M., on Wednesday, 10th inst., from Calvary Church, Fourth ave. The friends of the family are invited to attend, without further notice.
The remains will be taken to Nyack, New York, for interment.
Contributor: Richard Worthy (47466687)
30 Jun 1862-10 Feb 1865
New York Volunteers, Paymaster's Dept Infantry Regiment
....Prom Full Major on 30 Jun 1862. Commissioned an officer in U.S. Volunteer Paymaster's Dept Inf Reg on 30 Jun 1862. Mustered out on 10 Feb 1865.
At 2:30 a.m. on 14 October 1864, Mosby's Guerillas attacked at military train two miles east of Kearneysville, West Virginia. Aboard that train was David and fellow Paymaster Major Moore, with a payroll of $173,000 to pay General Sheridan's soldiers. Both Paymasters and 18 other soldiers were taken prisoner and sent to the Confederate Military Prison at Danville, Virginia. David died at the military prison on 10 February 1865.
.... Error on grave marker when interred -- should have been "David Colden Ruggles" instead of "David Golden Ruggles")
s/o
David Ruggles (1783-1837)
Sarah Colden (1783-)
Submitter/Researcher:
(Relationship to Deceased - husband of 5th cousin 5x removed)
David Jo Canfield (1956 - ) (#47640795)
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE
New York, New York
Tuesday, 9 May 1865, Page 5
RUGGLES. -- At the Danville, Va., Military Prison, on Friday, Feb. 10, 1865, Major D. Colden Ruggles, Additional Paymaster United States Army.
The funeral will take place at 1 1/2 P.M., on Wednesday, 10th inst., from Calvary Church, Fourth ave. The friends of the family are invited to attend, without further notice.
The remains will be taken to Nyack, New York, for interment.
Contributor: Richard Worthy (47466687)
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