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T.B.W. Stockton
(1805 - 1890)
Home State: New York
Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1827;Class Rank: 16th
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
After graduating from West Point, he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, First United States Infantry on 1 July 1827.
He was Assistant Quartermaster from 11 July 1832 to 31 December 1835 (his commanding officer was Colonel Zachary Taylor) and was promoted to First Lieutenant on 4 March 1833. He resigned his commission on 30 Nov 1836.
He was Mayor of Michigan City, IN in 1839. He was appointed Colonel of the First Michigan Volunteer Infantry on 9 December 1847, had service in the war with Mexico, and honorably mustered out on 9 July 1848.
He was appointed Colonel of the 16th Michigan Infantry on 8 September 1861.
On the Campaign
He commanded the regiment in Maryland.
The rest of the War
He resigned on 18 May 1863.
After the War
He and his wife were prominent in Flint, MI after the Civil War.
More on the Web
His wartime diary is in the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, also the source of the photograph used here.
Birth
06/18/1808; Walton, NY
Death
12/09/1890; Flint, MI; burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, MI
1 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 927 [AotW citation 29422]