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Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone

 

 

Born: September 30, 1824

Greenfield, Massachusetts

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Died: January 24, 1887

New York City, New York

 

West Point: June 1845

July 1, 1845: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant

Sept. 8, 1847: Brevet 1st Lieutenant

Sept. 13, 1847: Brevet Captain

Feb. 26, 1853: 1st Lieutenant

Nov. 17, 1856: Resigned U. S. Army

Jan. 1, 1861: Colonel

Aug. 1861: Brigadier General

April 4, 1864: Demoted to Colonel

Sept. 13, 1864: Resigned U. S. Army

June 1845: West Point Graduate - 7th in class of 41

Aug. 28, 1845 - Jan. 13, 1846: West Point Assistant Professor - Geography, History, and Ethics

1846: Watervliet Arsenal, New York - Assistant Ordnance Officer

1846: Stationed at Fortress Monroe

1846 - 1847: Mexican War

March 9-29, 1847: Siege of Veracruz

Sept. 8, 1847: Battle of Molino del Rey

Sept. 13, 1847: Battle of Chapultepec

Sept. 15, 1847: Battle of Mexico City

1848: Watervliet Arsenal - Assistant Ordnance Officer

1848: Granted leave of absence to study military tactics in Europe

1850: Watervliet Arsenal

1851: Commander, Fort Monroe Arsenal

1851: Appointed Chief of Ordnance for the Pacific Department

Nov. 17, 1856: Resigned his commission due to inadequate pay for his family

Jan. 1, 1861: Inspector General of the District of Columbia Militia

May 14, 1861: 14th U. S. Infantry Regiment

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Aug. 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General effective May 17, 1861

July 21, 1861: Commanded a Brigade at the Battle of Manassas

August 1861: Commander, Corps of Observation

Oct. 21, 1861: Battle of Ball's Bluff

Feb. 8, 1862: Arrested for suspected disloyalty and treason

Aug 16, 1862: Released without explanation or an apology

Feb. 27, 1863: Allowed to hear the testimony against him, testified, and was cleared of charges

May 1863: Department of the Gulf as a member of the surrender commission of Port Harbor

March - May 1864: Chief of Staff for MGen. Nathaniel Banks during the Red River Campaign

April 4, 1864: Demoted to Colonel

June 1864: Brigade Commander in the Army of the Potomac during the siege of Petersburg

Sept. 13, 1864: Resigned from the U. S. Army

1865 - 1869: Engineer and then Superintendent at Virginia's Dover Milling Company

1870 - 1883: Recommend by Gen. Sherman, served in Egyptian Army as Chief-of-Staff and aide-de-camp as Lt. Gen.

Chief Engineer for the construction of the Statue of Liberty's pedestal 

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p. 800

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 480-481

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