Edwin Henry Stoughton | |
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| Born | June 23, 1838 Chester, Vermont |
| Died | December 25, 1868 (aged 30) Dorchester, Massachusetts[1] |
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| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Service | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1859–1863 |
| Rank |  Brigadier general (appointed, not confirmed) |
| Commands | 4th Vermont Infantry 2nd Vermont Brigade |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War
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| Other work | Attorney |
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Edwin Henry Stoughton (June 23, 1838 – December 25, 1868) was appointed a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, but his appointment expired after it was not confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Four days later, on March 8, 1863, he was captured by Confederate partisan ranger John S. Mosby while asleep at his headquarters in the Virginia village of Fairfax Court House. The incident became well known, and Stoughton became an object of ridicule as a result. He was included in a prisoner exchange two months later but resigned his commission after he was not reappointed as a brigadier general.
- ^ Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, Deaths registered in the Town of Dorchester for the Year 1868, entry for Edwin H. Stoughton, retrieved December 18, 2013
- ^ Thomas E. Spencer, Where They're Buried, 1998, page 624