Charles B. Stoughton
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Charles Bradley Stoughton (October 31, 1841 - January 17, 1898), soldier.
Stoughton was born in Chester, Vermont, the son of Henry Evander and Laura (Clark) Stoughton.[1]
He was commissioned adjutant of the 4th Vermont Infantry on August 1, 1861 and mustered into United States service on September 21, 1861, under the command of his brother, Colonel Edwin H. Stoughton. He was promoted to major on February 25, 1862. He was present in action at all the regiment's battles during the Peninsula Campaign. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 17, 1862, and saw action at Crampton's Gap, where the regiment captured 121 men and the colors of the 15th Virginia Infantry, and at Antietam. He assumed command of the regiment with his promotion to colonel on November 5, 1862, when his brother was promoted Brigadier General, Volunteers. He led his regiment at the Battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13, 1862, where the regiment suffered 56 casualties. Stoughton reported "My colors were completely riddled with canister and musket balls, scarcely hanging together. The top of the staff, upon which is a brass eagle, was shot away by canister, but saved, and brought away."[2]
Stoughton continued to lead his regiment in the battles of Marye's Heights, Salem Church, Gettysburg, and Funkstown, Maryland, where he was severely wounded, resulting in the loss of his right eye, on July 10, 1863. He resigned February 2, 1864, as a result of his wounds. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted Brigadier General, Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services.
He died in Bellows Falls, Vermont, and is buried in Immanuel Cemetery in that town. His widow, several years after his death, applied for a widow's pension from Connecticut.[3]
Note: Charles, and his wife Ada Ripley (Hooper) Stoughton, were the grandparents of Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock, 1903-1998, peadiatrician and peace advocate.[4]
[edit] Resources
- Benedict, G. G., Vermont in the Civil War. A History of the part taken by the Vermont Soldiers And Sailors in the War For The Union, 1861-5. Burlington, VT.: The Free Press Association, 1888, i:158, 161, 163-164, 166-167, 353, 394, 414.
- Crockett, Walter Hill, Vermont The Green Mountain State, New York: The Century History Company, Inc., 1921, pp. 541, 575.
- Peck, Theodore S., compiler, Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers and lists of Vermonters Who Served in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion, 1861-66, Montpelier, VT.: Press of the Watchman Publishing Co., 1892, pp. 108, 750-751.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ The Genealogy Page
- ^ Report of Charles B. Stoughton to Peter T. Washburn, December 16, 1862, Report of the Adjutant & Inspector General of the State of Vermont, from November 1, 1862, to October 1, 1863, Montpelier: Walton's Steam Printing Establishment, 1863, p. 73.
- ^ General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls.
- ^ Notable Descendants of Henry and Margaret Howland
