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Lot #276
as Commander of Department of North Carolina and Georgia, 1865. 206 items, letterbook (with 33 items).
When the war ended in 1865 and Ruger entered the regular army, he embarked upon more than ...
Price Realized: $8,225.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #277
Commander, Military District of the South, 1876-1877; ca 250 items.
Ruger's experiences in North Carolina and Georgia were prelude to what may have been his most challenging assignment in the ...
Price Realized: $8,225.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #278
1871-1876; ca 110 items.
Ruger returned to his alma mater when he was appointed Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on April 25, 1871, serving until he was replaced by hi ...
Price Realized: $6,462.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #279
lot of 2, both by Pach, ca 1872. Albumen images, ca 7" x 9", mounted on larger boards. One shows Ruger, his wife Helen, and children. Ruger wears his 18th infantry kepi. Inscribed on verso in pencil ...
Price Realized: $440.63 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #281
including bound copies of Official Register of the Officers and Cadets..., 1849-1863 and 1864-1877. Two volumes, 16mo and 12mo respectively, bound alike in half-leather marbled paper boards, ma ...
Price Realized: $470.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #282
full title: Regulations for the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. New York: Baldwin & Jones, Printers, 1866. 12mo in brown cloth boards, gilt title on front, 74pp.
(Then) ...
Price Realized: $323.13 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #283
personal correspondence and later career, 1844-1845, 1888-1907; ca 400 items.
The bulk of the lot falls late in Ruger's career, including documenting his tenure as Commander of the Dept. of C ...
Price Realized: $7,050.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #284
(Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee), 1878-1891; 417 items.
After the Civil War, Ruger entered the regular service as Colonel of the 18th U.S. Infantry, and after Reconstruction, he was ordered wes ...
Price Realized: $47,000.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #285
from the personal effects of Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger, U. S. Military Commander of the Dakotas. Printed on 30 x 35" sheet of polished cotton, dyed a brilliant blue, with white map details. ...
Price Realized: $9,400.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #286
"All the Agents kept me for a fool"---a Rare, Documented Plains Indian Ledger Drawing and Accompanying Historical Letter
lot of 2. Includes a 2.5 pp manuscript letter sent fr ...
Price Realized: $2,467.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #287
Author of Drill Regulations, 1886-1896; ca 180 items.
Throughout his career, Ruger was respected for his knowledge of military science and discipline, as reflected in two of his most notable ...
Price Realized: $3,290.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #288
1895, titled Map of trails that would probably be taken by Indians leaving Ft. Sill for Arizona, and signed by Scott at 1st Lt. with the further manuscript annotation Was drawn by a Mescal ...
Price Realized: $2,585.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #289
partially printed 5 x 8" lettersheet 3pp, addressed in inked manuscript Fort Concho Texas March 31, 1881 to General Thomas H. Ruger, Helena, Montana, and signed Anson Mills as Major, 10 ...
Price Realized: $940.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #290
printed 3pp circular, 8.25 x 5.25" New York, 342 West 14th Street, June 21, 1897, together with the original transmittal envelope, with the salutation Dear Sir. In this circular, sent t ...
Price Realized: $1,292.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #291
one p, ruled paper sheet Observations on the occurence of Storms in Montana at or About the full of the Moon, signed and dated Helena, Mont. Dec. 20th 1879, Granville Stuart. In this inf ...
Price Realized: $1,057.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #292
two maps of Indian reservations. First is Map of the Cheyenne & Arapahoe Reservation...showing lands to be opened for settlement on April 19, 1892 ... 28 x 39.5". Rivers are hand-colored; distr ...
Price Realized: $1,880.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #293
lot of 2. First is Montana Territory, Prepared by Order of Maj. Genl. W.S. Hancock. 2nd edition, May 1875, published by Army Engineers by authority of Secretary of War. 34 x 52" linen backed. M ...
Price Realized: $7,637.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #294
Langford, Nathaniel Pitt. Vigilante Days and Ways: The Pioneers of the Rockies. Boston: J. G. Cupples Co., 1890, 2 vols. 8vo in blue illustrated cloth with gilt front and spine, 426pp (vol.1), ...
Price Realized: $998.75 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #295
[Sheridan, Lt. Gen. P.H.] Record of Engagements with Hostile Indians within the Military Division of the Missouri, from 1868 to 1882, Lieutenant General P.H. Sheridan, Commanding. Chicago: Head ...
Price Realized: $499.38 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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Lot #296
Crook, Brig. Gen'l. George. [Washington]: U.S. Army, 1886. 12mo, in printed wraps, stapled, 25 numbered pp. Cover with Confidential on front wrap. A quick look at the content would indicate why ...
Price Realized: $6,462.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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