MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS H RUGER CAMP #1

Camp Charter

The organizational meeting of the Major General Thomas H. Ruger Camp #1 was held on September 16, 1995. This date was selected to commemorate the joining of military forces under General Sherman and General Schofield at the end of the Civil War.

Rev. Dr. Maurice E. Ankrom, who had served as the camp organizer since March 1995, called the meeting to order. Dr. Ankrom was then chosen by acclamation as the first Camp Commander.

Commander Ankrom recommended the camp be named in honor of Major General Thomas H. Ruger whose military record included action in the Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina in March 1865; and after the war, served as Commander of the North Carolina Department and later Superintendent of West Point.

The camp’s charter application was approved on July 30, 1996 with its headquarters in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Ruger Camp was designated Camp #1, the first SUVCW camp chartered in North Carolina.