United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Davis, Matthew2006-08-25Encyclopedia article about Thomas Ruger. Thomas 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.GSE identifier: SS8H6text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Governors--GeorgiaPoliticians--Georgia--AtlantaGenerals--United StatesUnited States. Army--Southern unionistsRuger, Thomas Howard, 1833-1907United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--VeteransThomas Ruger (1833-1907)Text