- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Thomas Ruger
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Collection of portraits of former governors of Georgia, Second Floor, Georgia Capitol.
- Date of Original:
- 1833/1907
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Portraits--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Generals--United States
United States. Army--Southern unionists
Ruger, Thomas Howard, 1833-1907--Portraits
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Ruger, Thomas Howard, 1833-1907 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- paintings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Thomas Ruger, a Union officer, was appointed military provisional governor of Georgia in 1868, during Reconstruction. During his six-month tenure, Ruger instituted the state's convict lease system.
Image of a portrait of Thomas Ruger. Ruger is depicted wearing his blue Union uniform.
Ruger served as the military provisional governor of Georgia for six months in 1868. In that role he oversaw the removal of the capital from Milledgeville to Atlanta and instituted the convict lease system. A Union veteran of the Civil War (1861-65), Ruger later served as the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
The original painting is housed on the second floor of the Georgia Capitol Building, Atlanta, Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/thomas-ruger-1833-1907/m-10228/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, The University of Georgia Libraries
Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, University of Georgia Libraries - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/thomas-ruger-1833-1907
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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