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'''Sylvanus Tunning Rugg''' (1834 – May 4, 1881) was an officer in the [[Union Army]] who commanded an [[artillery battery]] at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] during the [[American Civil War]], as well as in other leading battles of the [[Army of the Potomac]]. He also served in the [[Western Theater of the American Civil War|Western Theater]] late in his career. ==Biography== Rugg was born in [[Taunton, Massachusetts]] in 1834. Early in the war, he became a [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Second Lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] in the 2nd U. S. Artillery, a promotion dated October 22, 1862. He received permanent promotion to that rank in the 4th U. S. Artillery on the same date. There is no record of Rugg's having attended a military school, suggesting he was promoted from the ranks. Rugg commanded Battery F, 4th U.S. Artillery in the artillery [[brigade]] of the [[XII Corps (ACW)|XII Corps]] at Gettysburg. Lt. [[Edward D. Muhlenberg]], who had commanded the battery, was in charge of the brigade by seniority. Battery F reached Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, and advanced to a position near the Hanover Road to support the advance of the 1st Division under [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brig. Gen.]] [[Alpheus S. Williams]] to Benner's Hill.<ref>Pfanz, p. 96.</ref> The battery arrived with 120 men and 6 Napoleons, 12-pounder smoothbore guns; see [[Field artillery in the American Civil War]]. On July 2 it covered a gap in the Union lines, but on July 3 it was posted near the Baltimore Pike to bombard the portion of [[Culp's Hill]] the Confederates had captured on the previous day. It participated in a bombardment of the Confederates that helped drive them from their advanced position.<ref>Pfanz, pp. 285-87.</ref> One man was wounded by an artillery round from the bombardment preceding [[Pickett's Charge]] that flew over the Union lines on [[Cemetery Ridge]]. The battery’s monument stands at the intersection of Hunt Avenue and the Baltimore Pike on the battlefield.<ref>Recker, Stephen, [http://www.virtualgettysburg.com/exhibit/monuments/pages/um188.html Virtual Gettysburg website]</ref> Rugg continued to serve in the Union army through the autumn 1863 campaigns in [[Tennessee]] when the XII Corps was reassigned to the Western Theater. He was dismissed from the service on July 22, 1864.<ref>[http://www.batteryb.com/officersofthe4thusartillery/secondlieutenants.html#RUGG,%20SYLVANUS Battery B webpage]</ref> Rugg died of [[Bright's disease]] on May 4, 1881, at Cottage Hospital in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. He was buried at the [[Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.friendsofthecemetery.org/history/Civil%20War%20Vets/rugg_sylanus.html Friends of the Cemetery website]</ref> ==References== * Pfanz, Harry W., ''Gettysburg: Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill'', University of North Carolina Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8078-2118-7. * ''Officers of the 4th U. S. Artillery'' [http://www.batteryb.com/officersofthe4thusartillery/index.html] ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Persondata |NAME= Rugg, Sylvanus T. |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Union Army|Army]] officer |DATE OF BIRTH= 1834 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Taunton, Massachusetts]] |DATE OF DEATH= May 4, 1881 |PLACE OF DEATH= [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rugg, Sylvanus T.}} [[Category:1834 births]] [[Category:1881 deaths]] [[Category:People from Taunton, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Union Army officers]] [[Category:People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War]]
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