Stoughton, Charles Bradley
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Rockingham, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF Service: comn ADJT, 4th VT INF, 8/1/61 (8/1/61), pr MAJ 2/25/62 (2/25/62), pr LTC, 7/17/62 (8/16/62), pr COL, 11/5/62 (11/5/62), wdd, Funkstown, 7/10/63, resgd, 2/2/64; Bvt BGen to date from 3/13/65, for gallant and meritorious service during the war. Present in action at Lee's Mills, Williamsburg, Golding's Farm, Savage's Station, White Oak Swamp, Va., Crampton's Gap and Antietam, Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Salem Heights and Fredericksburg, Va., Gettysburg and Funkstown (loss right eye) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/31/1841, Chester, VT Death: 01/17/1898 Burial: Immanuel Cemetery, Bellows Falls, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 22651 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 7/26/1864; widow Ada R., 5/25/1908, CT Portrait?: Gibson Collection, USAHEC off-site, History Town of Rockingham off-site College?: NU 61 Veterans Home?: VT (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: more off-site DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Grandfather of Daniel Spock, MN (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Military Service
Charles Bradley Stoughton
Brevet Brigadier-General United States Volunteers
Commissioned Adjutant of the 4th Vermont Infantry Volunteers, with rank of 1st Lieutenant, August 1, 186; mustered into the United States service September 21, 1861; Major, February 25, 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel, July 17, 1862; Colonel, November, 1862; wounded July 10, 1863; resigned February 2, 1864, by reason of wounds. Brevet Brigadier-General of Volunteers March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services. Present in action at Lee's Mills, Williamsburg, Golding's Farm, Savage's Station, White Oak Swamp, Va., Crampton's Gap and Antietam, Md., Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Salem Heights and Fredericksburg, Va., Gettysburg and Funkstown, Md., Severely wounded, (loss of right eye) at last named engagement.
Source: Revised Roster, pp. 750-751.
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