Edwin H. Stoughton
Military Person
1838 – 1868
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Who was Edwin H. Stoughton?
Edwin Henry Stoughton, was appointed a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War but his appointment was not confirmed and it expired. Four days later, on March 8, 1863, in a famous incident, he was captured while asleep at his headquarters at the Fairfax Court House in Virginia by Confederate partisan ranger John S. Mosby. Stoughton resigned after his exchange two months later when he was not reappointed as a brigadier general.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1838
Chester - Also known as
- Edwin Stoughton
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Lived in
- Vermont
- Died
- Dec 25, 1868
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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