Once Upon a House

November 19, 1864

Officers and men of the Second Wisconsin (including Captains Edward Ruger and Edwin E. Woodman and Lieutenants James L. Murray and George C. Brown) were mustered out.

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The evidence

  • “Company A or the "Ruger Guards," Edward Ruger, Captain, mustered out November 19, 1864 ; L.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/12-rock-county-ch06-politics-war-record.md, PDF p. 459

    Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

    Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

    The passage on the printed page (PDF p. 459)
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  • “Company A, or the Ruger Guards. Edward Ruger, captain, assistant adjutant-general on general staff, mustered out November 19, 1864; L.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/16-military-history.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 370 / book p. 340

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

    Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 370 / book p. 340)
    On the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 370 / book p. 340) · open the whole page

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