Confederate officer. Son of Gen. Daniel Ruggles and Richardetta Mason Hooe Ruggles.
Edward Seymour Ruggles, born Texas (another source shows place of birth as Detroit, Michigan; also shown as Virginia), July 10, 1843; son of Daniel (later to become a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army) and Richard Etta Hooe; brother of Confederate Navy officer Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles, listed below; resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia; previous service as midshipman, United States Navy, from which he resigned March 18, 1861; arrested by United States authorities, at New York, June, 1861 (one source shows date of arrest as July 20, 1861); imprisoned at Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, for treason; transferred to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, October, 1861; released, January, 1862; appointed acting midshipman, Confederate States Navy, November 15, 1862; served on CSS Huntsville, and at the Mobile Station, 1862 - 1863; resigned from Naval service, July, 1863, to accept an appointment as Signal Officer in the Confederate States Army; never married; resided, in 1880, as a farmer, at Potomac, King George County, Virginia; died after 1910. [ORN 2, 1, 287; 1880 US Census; 1910 U.S. Census; ORA 2, 2, 102, 154, 230 & 358 368; Register1863; JCC 3, Friday January 8, 1863, 530; see also the Family Data Collection Births at the Ancestry.com web site; New York Times dated May 9, 1902.]
Edward Seymour Ruggles, born Texas (another source shows place of birth as Detroit, Michigan; also shown as Virginia), July 10, 1843; son of Daniel (later to become a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army) and Richard Etta Hooe; brother of Confederate Navy officer Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles, listed below; resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia; previous service as midshipman, United States Navy, from which he resigned March 18, 1861; arrested by United States authorities, at New York, June, 1861 (one source shows date of arrest as July 20, 1861); imprisoned at Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, for treason; transferred to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, October, 1861; released, January, 1862; appointed acting midshipman, Confederate States Navy, November 15, 1862; served on CSS Huntsville, and at the Mobile Station, 1862 - 1863; resigned from Naval service, July, 1863, to accept an appointment as Signal Officer in the Confederate States Army; never married; resided, in 1880, as a farmer, at Potomac, King George County, Virginia; died after 1910. [ORN 2, 1, 287; 1880 US Census; 1910 U.S. Census; ORA 2, 2, 102, 154, 230 & 358 368; Register1863; JCC 3, Friday January 8, 1863, 530; see also the Family Data Collection Births at the Ancestry.com web site; New York Times dated May 9, 1902.]
Confederate officer. Son of Gen. Daniel Ruggles and Richardetta Mason Hooe Ruggles.
Edward Seymour Ruggles, born Texas (another source shows place of birth as Detroit, Michigan; also shown as Virginia), July 10, 1843; son of Daniel (later to become a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army) and Richard Etta Hooe; brother of Confederate Navy officer Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles, listed below; resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia; previous service as midshipman, United States Navy, from which he resigned March 18, 1861; arrested by United States authorities, at New York, June, 1861 (one source shows date of arrest as July 20, 1861); imprisoned at Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, for treason; transferred to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, October, 1861; released, January, 1862; appointed acting midshipman, Confederate States Navy, November 15, 1862; served on CSS Huntsville, and at the Mobile Station, 1862 - 1863; resigned from Naval service, July, 1863, to accept an appointment as Signal Officer in the Confederate States Army; never married; resided, in 1880, as a farmer, at Potomac, King George County, Virginia; died after 1910. [ORN 2, 1, 287; 1880 US Census; 1910 U.S. Census; ORA 2, 2, 102, 154, 230 & 358 368; Register1863; JCC 3, Friday January 8, 1863, 530; see also the Family Data Collection Births at the Ancestry.com web site; New York Times dated May 9, 1902.]
Edward Seymour Ruggles, born Texas (another source shows place of birth as Detroit, Michigan; also shown as Virginia), July 10, 1843; son of Daniel (later to become a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army) and Richard Etta Hooe; brother of Confederate Navy officer Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles, listed below; resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia; previous service as midshipman, United States Navy, from which he resigned March 18, 1861; arrested by United States authorities, at New York, June, 1861 (one source shows date of arrest as July 20, 1861); imprisoned at Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, for treason; transferred to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, October, 1861; released, January, 1862; appointed acting midshipman, Confederate States Navy, November 15, 1862; served on CSS Huntsville, and at the Mobile Station, 1862 - 1863; resigned from Naval service, July, 1863, to accept an appointment as Signal Officer in the Confederate States Army; never married; resided, in 1880, as a farmer, at Potomac, King George County, Virginia; died after 1910. [ORN 2, 1, 287; 1880 US Census; 1910 U.S. Census; ORA 2, 2, 102, 154, 230 & 358 368; Register1863; JCC 3, Friday January 8, 1863, 530; see also the Family Data Collection Births at the Ancestry.com web site; New York Times dated May 9, 1902.]
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