David Stuart | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:DavidStuartMI.jpg) Col. David Stuart | |
| Born | March 12, 1816 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | September 11, 1868 (aged 52) Detroit, Michigan |
| Buried | Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Service | United States Army Union Army |
| Rank | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg){kind=icon} Brigadier General (rejected by United States Senate) |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War |
| Other work | U.S. Congressman from Michigan |
David Stuart (March 12, 1816 – September 11, 1868) was a politician and lawyer who served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born in Brooklyn, Stuart moved with his father to Michigan, where the younger Stuart was a lawyer. After serving for a term in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he practiced law. His reputation was destroyed by a scandal relating to a divorce case. In 1861, Stuart raised two regiments for service in the American Civil War. On October 31 of that year, Stuart became the colonel of the 55th Illinois Infantry Regiment. He led a brigade at the Battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded in the shoulder on April 6, 1862. After commanding a regiment during the Siege of Corinth later that year, Stuart was appointed brigadier general on November 29, 1862. He led first a brigade, and then a division at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in December, and also led a division at the Battle of Arkansas Post in January 1863. On March 11, 1863, Stuart's promotion to brigadier general was rejected by the United States Senate for unknown reasons. He resigned from the army in April and returned to the practice of law, dying in 1868.